Spa Day #17

Mary Jo enjoyed the company of Jamie Page and Karen Ruth at "Spa Day" number 17. MJ was feeling pretty good that day. Well enough to even invite Jamie over to our house afterwards and the girls stayed up and talked all night long. MJ is still feeling good today, but the usual tired feeling is back. This is typical for a few days after a Herceptin treatments and not the result of a rock star night. Next week Monday will be Mary Jo's last cycle of chemo followed by two more consecutive weeks of Hercoptin treatments before she takes three weeks (no more chemo) off before the start of radiation therapy. We look forward to meeting with Mary Jo's oncologist, Dr Gall next week to find out more details about her exact radiation therapy regiment.


If you have never seen anybody get chemo, the video below shows how the oncology nurse utilizes Mary Jo's "Purple Power Port" (the tiny devise implanted under the skin) to hook up a IV line through which she will be administered the chemo therapy drugs.