Nasty little surprise

Well my hands have totally peeled. It did not hurt but I spent about a week peeling off all the dead skin. They look just disgusting. Sandy will post a picture when he gets a chance. Come back and look in a few days.

My nasty little surprise is that I am losing my hair. Maybe not a lot (only about 15-20 hairs on the vanity) but I usually don't see ANY hairs when I dry my hair. So what the heck in happening. I have blood work, Herceptin and see my doctor on Monday and find out about the bone scan. So I will ask because this didn't happen with the first 2 rounds of chemo.

Now some very exciting news - Sandy, Jessica and I are going to Singapore. Sandy and I went to Singapore about 4 or 5 years ago and both came to the conclusion that it is the most beautiful place we have ever been. So now we want to share that with Jessica. We are going Oct 25 - Nov 3. We are very excited and will stay on Sentosa Island where we stayed last time. Hopefully this will make up some of our disappointments when we had to cancel our trip to China, our cruise to Panama, and our shortened trip to Parksville. Jessica was a good trooper and never made a fuss about having to cancel everything. We are however missing the James Blunt concert (many tears from Jessica) that we had tickets to, but hey wait until she sees Singapore.

We have a quiet weekend this weekend but with the rain what the heck are you going to do outside anyway. I use a 2 wheeled walker at home, have a wheelchair for any big excursions, a handicap parking pass and bath seat for the shower. So things are OK at home. And thank goodness for Lorna coming everyday to stay with me. If ever I fall (usually at least once a day) I am like a turtle on my back and I can't get up. So I have Lorna or my friends staying with me all the time. I am very lucky to have such great friends.

Well time to sign off.

With all my love,

Carolin

I will write on Monday night about the doctors appointment.