First post of 2026! Happy New Year! My new chemo has started. The name is "TAXOL".... short for "paclitaxel" for those of you who want to look it up. I have the second of 12 cycles tomorrow! As of right now they are going to be every Friday at 9:30 am. Last week I did the first cycle and it knocked me out during the treatment time (they give Benadryl through my port and it acted fast!) BUT I had more energy after and felt more coherent the entire weekend! It wasn't until Monday I started feeling the achy effects. They say this chemo's side effects are normally bone pain and neuropathy in the hands and feet. Let's pray against that one specifically because I would love to get back to work sooner rather than later and I need my hands to be working for that to happen!! For a solid two days my body couldn't regulate its temperature and I was so itchy! I felt extremely cold to the bone and couldn't warm up without my heated blanket. Other times I w...