I find that this summer has been emotional and reflective for me. Coming out of 2 and a half years of chemo will do that to you.

I spent most of this summer very sick  due to a side effect from my chemo maintenance. No side effects are fun but this one was an upper respiratory infection for 6 weeks. Not only was it painful, it was exhausting. On July 18th, my mom (so nice to have her visiting) accompanied me to my 7th chemo maintenance appointment (I was scheduled to complete 8 rounds of chemo).  I was on antibiotics for a sinus & ear infection and my doctor felt I was strong enough to continue with the 7th treatment based on my blood work. He felt, however, that because my “side effects” were lasting so long and I just couldn’t kick the infection despite continuous antibiotics, that I should stop treatment after this round of chemo – which I am very thankful for. I was willing to do 8 treatments, but I knew my body was pretty beat up after 2 & 1/2 years of treatment.