Day to Day

Well, nothing really exciting to report.  Thursday I announced that I made gluten free waffles that tasted like cardboard.  My sister Heather said, "What? I thought they were really good!"  And then she realized that they just tasted like cardboard to ME because I had "chemo mouth".  The chemo just makes everything taste sort of like metal and not very appetizing for a while.  The good news is that it doesn't last more than about 5 days for me usually, so things are already starting to taste normal to me again :)  But hey, it's an ok sacrifice considering that the chemo is working so well!  If I stay on schedule (which I should because Dr. Harker is keeping me on anti-viral medication which should help my platelets from plummeting due to a virus last round), then my last treatment will be on December 6th! 

Of course, I still may be having a bone marrow transplant, but we won't know any details on that till I meet with the specialists in a week or so.  My platelets were 33 yesterday, when they're usually about 14 or lower at this point in my cycle, so that's definitely a good sign with the spleen.  At least we're no longer looking at a spleenectomy.  Surgery in the middle of this probably wouldn't be very fun.

Last week was very busy for me, I went to the Autumn Concert at the Tabernacle by the Orchestra at Temple Square.  They played Mahler and the Passion among other things.  It was so beautiful!  And President Uchtdorf was there too, so it was neat to see him from a distance.  Also last week I went the the Utah Music Therapy Association Conference, and it was so delightful to see all of my friends from school and to meet some new faces!  And last but not least, I played at my cousin's wedding reception last night.  It was so beautiful!  Congrats!  So my days are filled with family and friends and enjoying my beautiful room and working on my cross stitch :)  It's a wonderful life!  I know it's not Christmas yet, but I just get so excited this time of year.  I think we could all just skip Halloween and go straight to Thanksgiving and Christmas.  In any case.....Happy Halloween everyone!