Imagine it's December 8th, when I meant to post this...

Boy, has it really been two months since we posted? Sorry. That's rather rude of us, after asking you all to use this to get updates. Well, we finally reached the end of A/C (and my first quarter of grad school), and we're exhausted.

I'm trying to be optimistic about Taxol, since we are frequently told that "it's better tolerated by most people," (whatever that means), but actually I'm apprehensive. A/C has been horrible, but by now, after weeks and weeks, it's very...orderly. Virtually every day of the cycle, we had specific symptoms (and be clear, many of them quite trivial), even during "good" week. We knew what to expect and could, in some ways, prepare for it. Now, Taxol is a mystery, and currently, I've lost my taste for new and changes and experiments and whatnot.

A bit of logistics: I'm on a clinical trial, which gave me A/C infusions every other week for 12 weeks, and which has me getting Taxol infusions weekly for twelve more weeks, starting now. After chemo, it's just about 7 weeks of radiation, and then we're nearly done.

Brie and I did celebrate the end of A/C with an indulgent breakfast at Salish Lodge and a hike to the base of Snoqualmie Falls. It doubled as our anniversary treat this year, and was very life-affirming.