Gearing up for Chemo 3

I do wonder why the days that I'm feeling good pass by so quickly! Where have the past two weeks gone? Matty and I have had so much fun over the past couple of weeks and the supplements from my kineso have helped me SOOOO much!

When I saw my kineso last night, he actually said that my body was the best he's felt it so far, so that is a good sign for my blood test and treatment today. As scared as I feel, I know that I am as strong as I possibly could be and I feel that the supplements may help me to get through this treatment a bit better than the last.

We tested a lot of my beauty products last night which was fascinating! It's something that I haven't thought a lot about before, however, every product we put on our skin is absorbed and some of them had some bad reactions. Perfume was one of these, so I am now to spray perfume onto my clothes instead of my skin (a good tip for all women). Thankfully, my Lancome moisturiser tested ok as did my moisturisers from The Sanctuary  in London (that Matty's mum has sent me), however, a lanolin moisturiser that my sis sent me from NZ (which I've been rubbing onto my head every morning and night) reacted badly, so I am not to use that again. My natural Body Shop deodorant tested ok and we have yet to test my makeup as we ran out of time....

I was also told that I can never eat dairy or soy again. We tested some rice crackers, wholegrain muffin and some crisps which have soy flour in and they were very bad, so I am not able to process soy or dairy, including goats milk every again! So I'm sure we will have fun experimenting with this new lifestyle.

I am seeing him tonight after chemo so he can set me up for the week and hopefully help my body to rebound after treatment; a very exciting thought!

I have had such a great few days in the lead up to today. Firstly, my exquisite engagement ring was completed and we picked it up..... my goodness, I was thinking it would be beautiful however, when I saw it, I could barely believe it! It is absolutely beautiful and the yellow diamond looks so spectacular.... I feel extremely lucky and we had some champagne to celebrate.... incidently we drank this the night before my kineso appnt where he said I was the best he's ever felt...... so we agreed that champagne is the key to a long and healthy life!!!!

My best friend Joey has been with us for the past couple of days.... her skills amaze me! We made our first Alannah style scarf which looks beautiful, she taught me how to knit (so a winter scarf is underway!!) and we did felting - so I now have this great piece of felt that I'm going to make into a needle holder and a jewellery wrap...... how cool is that! We had an action packed couple of days with loads of laughs.... Matty made us a delicious pie for dinner on Wed night and put a bit J and S on it.... it was so tasty!

We had some good friends over for dinner last night and it was so great to chat and catch up.....it was the perfect way to spend my last night before chemo; having some laughs with good friends..... (thanks Kim, Val and Nomes!)

So I can say that I feel like we have made the most of every waking hour over the past couple of weeks.... no doubt, I will need to disappear into my little cocoon over the next week..... I just really hope that this time round is a little better than last AND I will have my beautiful new sparkly finger to look at which I'm sure will cheer me up.

Over and out for now.... here is to treatment three.... one more after this to go on the two drugs which I have struggled with.... then I change to another drug which is supposed to be easier!

Here are some pics of the past week for you to enjoy...

xx

Me and Joey with our delicious personalised pie!

One of my beautiful Alannah scarves

Joey is our first Alannah style scarf

Matty preparing our pie... yum!