Herceptin Warriors, Boiled Eggs and Faking It

My boiled egg look

My cancer is a right little bastard. I have now been told that not only is it a grade three and receptive to oestrogen it is also HER2 positive. This is another receptor that encourages it to grow and spread aggressively. The treatment of this is called Herceptin which you may have heard of. Herceptin treatment is given in a similar way to chemo, via an infusion of liquid drugs through a drip. It doesn't have the same side effects as chemotherapy which is a bloody relief. I have to have this treatment every three weeks for a year. I like to think of this as calling in more troops for battle. Let the Herceptin warriors join in the fight I say.

Faking it

Chemo number four takes place next week. I'm now onto the T part of the FEC-T treatment which is a drug called Docetaxel. This one makes your eyebrows and eye lashes fall out and your nails go funny. I'm going to look even more like a boiled egg! Amazing what you can fake these days though! I’m having lots of fun faking it as you can see from the pics! This one will hopefully make me feel a bit less sick which is excellent news. It goes in via a drip and doesn't need to be injected in separately like the FEC part; as it's just the one drug rather than three and slightly less toxic I think. I have to take about eight steroids the day before to counteract the side effects; I'm going to be well hyper! So it's just a case of waiting and seeing how this one affects me.

A couple of congratulations are in order.. My gorgeous friend Chloe became Mrs Smith on what was one of the most amazing wedding days ever! Beautiful bride, friends, venue, weather and I was well enough to be a bridesmaid! Stoked! Congrats to Mr and Mrs Smith. xxx My other gorgeous friend Katie gave birth to beautiful baby Ace this week! I was also stoked to be at the hospital for his arrival (rather than for another nuking!!) and have a cuddle. Congrats to Katie and Andrew on your perfect new human. xxxx 

These amazing things and my amazing family and friends get me through. Let the battle continue. Bring it on.