Ready To Kick Red Devil To The Curb!

Hey yawl!! It's been awhile. I have been busy trying to adjust to school starting, new routines and sports starting back up. It's been a lot but I'm trying my best to keep up with the pace.

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, for the red devil drug anyway. I’m so ready to be able to say that is behind me. This past week has been much different than the last few weeks. My energy level decreased dramatically. I went to back to work on Wednesday of last week and worked the rest of the week. By the time I get home in the evenings, I was DONE! I’m having to learn how to be ok with slowing down. I jumped up two times to reach something up high on the shelf at a store and was out of breath. Something that would normally be so easy for me.  All this is common, the doctor told me last week that I needed to prepare my self to get a little weaker each week. Speaking of the doctor, I got some wonderful news last week. My numbers remain beautiful, so much so that she was borderline thinking about not making me get the white blood count booster shot. GO GOD!!!! I give him all the praise; every time I tell someone I get goose bumps. My body is creating enough, and this Friday if my numbers are still trending up, I will not need it after chemo. She decided last week to have me take it because COVID is going around right now, and she wanted my immune system to stay strong to finish out the red devil. I'm just so blessed to have gotten along so well thus far.

So the game plan is this Friday, I will go in for a check-up with the doctor and get my last infusion of RED DEVIL, EVER…. I say that because, I asked the doctor last week if for some reason the “C” had not shrank like she wanted, would I need more red devil, and she said no. There is a limit or an amount of red devil you can get in your lifetime, because of the side effects and damage it can do to your body. After Friday, I will have met my limit. Hearing the doctor say that, will make you want to throw up. Cancer can kill me and so can the drug. What do you do?? You turn it over to GOD and fight like heck! That my friends, is why I am ready to be done with that drug. With that said, based on the scan if the “C” did not shrink like she wanted it to, she would add on another drug to take with Taxol, weekly. Although, I have full faith that will not be needed. So hopefully after Friday, I can have a 2 week break as planned before the weekly chemo treatments start. If all goes as planned, I hope to be done around Christmas with chemo. Want that be a nice present???? :)

My poor hair. Yawl, it’s hanging on. If I had not of cold capped it would have been gone completely. I would say I still have lost probably 70%. I am so thankful my hair was thick. The hair loss has been the most traumatic for me about this whole process. The shedding drives me CRAZY!! If I had other symptoms I was battling, it may not have worried me so much, but since I have done so well that really has been all I seem to focus on or let worry me. Am I still cold capping, yes. Would I do it again or recommend it to anyone, yes! Has it been difficult, yes but worth it. Most people say they can't even tell really I have lost any. The reason why I am sticking with it is because it's still hanging on and I only have 1 more red devil treatment. I'm trying to save those hair follicles to try to prevent permanent loss. Some people say your hair will start growing back with my next chemo drug, some continue to loose. SO WE WILL SEE..

Got some things in the works. Incase you didn't catch my post on Facebook last week, let me update you. I had some REAL good gal pals get together and design / make shirts to wear on my first day of treatment. We posted pictures and since then we have had lots of interest in the shirts. My friend Becca has graciously decided to start making/selling them as a fundraiser for us. We were getting so many request on Facebook and etc., that we decided we needed to do something different. We are in the process of creating a form on this website so that you can place your order while on the site. :) ONCE IT IS LIVE, I WILL LET YOU KNOW! I absolutely love seeing the shirts, it makes me SMILE. My co-workers surprised me this week at staff meeting, with them on. Ain't they Purdy??

Prayer Request: Pray specifically that my numbers remain great on Friday so that I can get my last and final dose of RED DEVIL. I'm ready to kick that DEVIL to the curb. My white blood count will continue to be trending up, so much so that I may not have to make the trip Monday for the Booster shot. My body will remain strong after the chemo and I can stay well.

As Always, thank you for your prayers love and support along this journey.

Until next time

<3 XOXO <3

Britney