Round 2

I'm feeling relatively good on this second round of chemo. I switched the Prilosec to before breakfast, and that seems to be helping with the upset stomach. Unfortunately, I've developed an irritating sore throat. No clue of it's a cold or allergies. It is cherry blossom season...so hopefully it's just allergies. I don't even want to think about going into my possible neutropenia phase with an active viral infection. The norovirus and C-diff was enough.

It's been....interesting...losing my hair. If you've ever seen the movie "Shallow Hal," it's a bit like that. I've been forced to look beyond my external appearance and see myself as I am on the inside. It's an act that I'm not really sure I could have truly done without going through this experience. Or maybe it's something I would have never tried to do. I encourage everyone to take a few minutes and look beyond what you visually see in yourself. It's not easy.

What's more interesting is that the concept of looking beyond what I can see has extended to others as well. It has already become second nature to see others for who they are and not what they look like. I thought I was already like that, but perhaps not as much as I thought. This whole thing has been a mind warp. Maybe this chemo is doing more than just killing my cancer.