What's next?
Victoria finished her final chemo treatment last Wednesday, 16 May. I'm so thankful that she is finished going through this and that we can close this chapter in her treatment plan and move on to the next. The chemo has certainly taken a toll on Victoria. I think with each treatment it got a little worse. It took her a little longer each time to shake the brutal side effects of the chemo, and by the time this final session came around she was ready for it to be over. Aside from feeling completely wore down and horrible for a week after chemo, Victoria has obviously had the physical changes like hair loss, water retention (causing swelling and weight gain) due to the steroids, and most recently she has lost the majority of her fingernails. The medical oncologist has said that the finger nail loss was due to the Taxotere and aggressive chemotherapy regimen. I don't know if much more can be taken, physically, from a woman. Prior to the loss of her fingernails Victoria co