A Taste of Fall

Wow, what a nice taste of Fall last week. All I could think of was apples. I can't wait for apples.

The Minnesota State Fair starts this week, which always marks the beginning of the end of Summer. And, what a Summer it has been. Hot. Humid. Cancer. Surgery. Chemo.

Yeah, I'm ready for Fall.

Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the colors and the crisp air. Hopefully, we get a beautiful Fall like we had last year, where the colors lasted longer than I can remember.

Round two of chemo seemed to go better than round one. I had IV hydration for two days post treatment, and I think that put me a day ahead, recovery-wise. The hydration is done in our home, so we had to learn how to disconnect and reconnect my port access to the IV. It is quite odd to have an IV pole in the house. Ron is already trying to figure out how we can use it post-chemo. Lubing clutch cables on the bikes is his latest idea.

I lost a TON of hair this time. I don't think my scalp is going to be able to keep up. It started looking stringy, so I had about 6" cut off. It's hard getting used to short hair, but it's easier to deal with it falling out when it's short. Thank you, Emily, for being so kind and gentle while cutting it for me...it was a hard thing to do.

Round three is in two days. I am trying my best to eat well and hydrate.

Building it up to knock it all down again.

Hopefully, I have hair left.

Priorities, right?