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My Treatment

I had to have 8 treatments total of chemotherapy.  I chose to do every other week so I could get finished sooner.  The last 4 treatments were Taxol.  All in all it wasn't really that bad.  The worst part was losing my hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, but I heard this doesn't happen to everyone.  The doctor gave me medicine to keep me from getting sick and to keep my white blood count up which helped tremendously.  Without this medicine, I don't know how I would have felt.  I had my treatments on Wednesdays and I would start feeling yucky on Friday and through the weekend.  By Monday I was feeling a little better but sometimes it wouldn't hit me until Monday and I would feel bad.  I still went to work everyday.  I believed that if I got up every day, put my makeup on and my wig and get dressed to go to work, I was beating this cancer instead of it beating me.  I had a battle to fight and I was going to win.  If anyone would like to talk to me about chemotherapy, please email me by clicking on the link button.  Below are some pictures I want to share during my treatment.

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The hair was starting to fall out so I had it shaved

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Enjoying my bald head in Key West

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Ahhh...that sure feels good

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Great eyebrow stencils

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Say cheese!

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....and I bought a wig the same day

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My sweet Angel and I in Key West during my treatment

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Steve's favorite picture

Cute hat with fake bangs I purchased
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Hat without bangs

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