ReJoining the World

I am finally feeling well enough to come out of hiding. These treatments knock me down for a good week, and here it is exactly a week from my last treatment and I still have a headache and a little nausea. You would think that I would lose weight, but of course it feels better to eat! So, I eat. I have had to give up control over some things in my life and my obsession with my diet is one of them. Now, I just need to find the energy to take a walk and get out of the house. My first adventure out this week was to Target. I decided to do some Christmas shopping. Talk about headaches! I got a little done, but I am a little stressed about getting it all done. Unlike the rest of you, I need to be done by my next chemo treatment on the 20th. Of course, I do have a couple of girlfriends that would love to help me shop and I have had offers to help me wrap. So I am sure it will all come together. Oh, let me tell you about the perfect stranger that decided to befriend me in Target. I was minding my own business and printing a baby registry and she walks up and asks me how I was doing. I said fine. She proceeded to ask, Chemo? Breast cancer? Lumpectomy or Mastectomy? Doctor? And then she shared her own story of breast cancer followed by MS. So, what the hell? Do I look like an open book? Why do people think they can start their own support group in the middle of Target? I thought she was going to ask to see my boob! She was nice enough, but quite frankly she wasn't screaming success story! Anyway, I wished her a Merry Xmas and went to the hat aisle! Have you ever tried hats on in a store when you are bald! People stare. They really do. I think next week I will paint sores on my head and do it again. That would be funny! Love to all.