I think the worst of #4 is over (I hope so anyway), and it seems the chemo is starting to catch up to me.  A lot more aching, a lot more nausea, and it really hung around for a while.  I also had to have a shot to boost my white blood cell count- it forces your bone marrow to produce more white blood cells- and that caused me to have shooting pains that would start in my hip bone and move up through my back bone and into the back of my head.  My doctor said that was normal and that some people have bone pain from that shot that is so bad that they have to take codine...I guess I'm lucky...

I also had another chest x-ray.  My doctor said he was studying my other x-rays and my CAT scan and estimates that the tumor in my chest was the size of a football before I started treatment.  He said he didn't realize it was that large before, and because it is so large he is leaning more towards radiation.  So...perhaps I am already half way done with chemo?!  It's too exciting to think about.  I'm going to keep on thinking I have 8 left so if I am done early, it will be a nice surprise. 

I am enjoying the rest of my week in Dallas. Yay!  Pumping myself up for #5.