halfway!

Well, I had my 3rd treatment on Wednesday!  It was the same as usual, and I was there all day long.  Gosh chemo takes so freaking long!   There was some excitement that day because while I was sitting there getting my pre-meds, the guy sitting next to me started having a heart attack! Yikes!  He didn't really look like he was doing that well when he first came in, but then when they started his chemo, it just got worse.  The nurses all took good care of him and really- he was in a good place to have something like that happen, since he was able to get immediate medical attention.  I am sure he was fine after they got him to the hospital.  It sure did liven up the afternoon though! 
Thursday was a pretty good day, and then friday as usual I started getting worse.  It always seems to start with upper body stiffness and pain.  My entire head also feel like it is filled with chemo meds and it makes me sloshy!  No other way to describe it really- My vision gets weird and my ears have fluid in them and I feel my whole body move with every heart beat.    This time around it seems like my heartburn is kicking in sooner- boo! 
My mom is only here for one more week to help out.  I am having her help Cameron with his science fair project and also carving pumpkins- that will be 2 major tasks out of the way.    The kids seem to be over the 'mom is sick/lets be extra good and nice' thing.  They have been not getting along and throwing tantrums and annoying the crap out of me.  Hopefully they get over it soon. 
I did find out at chemo that my radiation will be 6 weeks long (huge frowny face here!!!)  I have been looking at some other options in the Houston area with Proton therapy, but it doesn't appear that they will pan out so I will likely get 6 weeks of radiation after chemo is over.  Now I just need to figure out if I can handle starting grad school in January or if it will kick my butt!  It doesn't help that I have chemo brain and can't really think much at all ;)