Still lots of little things to do

Like picking up injectibles (sp?) and syringes from the pharmacy (I'll be giving myself subcutaneous injections from day 3 until day 13, day 1 being chemo-infusion day), a hair clipper for my friend Shmuel to use on my head on Thursday night, renting of DVDs to watch while I'm 'relaxing' after chemo, stuff like that.

I need a vacation. With work and all these appointments and blood draws and tests and meetings I'm totally spent. Then I have rides to organize or take myself, I need to re-read the chemo information (there's something like 45 pages I need to KNOW), the list actually doesn't end.

One of the drugs to use during chemo to prevent nausea is weed - marijuana. The chemo nurse said it's wise to take advantage of it, and I plan to do so. I'd rather treat the nausea with a natural substance than with drugs that have nasty side effects.

I look Heshy out for ice cream after school today, a sput-of-the-moment decision when I picked him up at school. We had fun, we stole tastes of each other's ice cream, and he got very dirty, which means he enjoyed himself thoroughly. He keeps talking about my hair-cutting party, the chemo, Cindy coming for the weekend. I know he's worried, I don't blame him, and I've warned him over and over again that I'll look waaaaay worse before I'm better.

I'm so wiped. I need to get a good night's sleep tonight, last night it wasn't possible.

Oh, I called about the port being put in for chemo infusion purposes, and I was told it would have to be done in Martinez (but maybe in Oakland? I should ask . . .) and would be weeks away. So not fast, but eventually.

Pray for stress relief.