Today is the first day of a brand new year.  I wanted to start a blog so I could keep all my friends and family updated on my journey through my cancer diagnosis.  Maybe a few posts about my failing heart. This is not how I planned to start my year, but this is the hand I have been dealt, so I will deal with it in good spirits.  I have a lot of prayers and good wishes coming my way, so I feel blessed.   

On this day 21 after my first chemo, I am physically feeling OK.  However, tomorrow, Jan. 2, is my second chemo treatment, so the 21 day cycle will start again.  I go in at 8:00 A.M., and the dr. said I should be able to go home by noon. Knowing how long things take at this hospital, I think that was being pretty optimistic. It took much longer the first time around, and the dr. explained that the chemo was set on a slow drip so they could monitor my reaction. Tomorrow it will be flowing much faster.  I hope that doesn't mean the side effects will be worse. 

I will be taking my fleece blanket along to keep me warm.  My grandsons made it for me for Christmas especially to take along to my treatments, as the hospital is chilly.  I do love those boys! Happy New Year!