Name that Side Effect!

Chemo #4 is done, folks. I am now, once again, back on my feet, back to the whining of side effects from this wonderful chemo vacation. I guess this time was different - it was worse in a way that the side effects came faster than I expected - but the fact that I expected them helped. It was the same old, same old, nothing this awesomeface couldnt handle... of course I still writhed in pain and cursed all the chemo gods - but that totally comes with the experience.

Now that I have gone thru all 3 chemosifications and I have schooled all of you with how FUN and EXCITING it is, its now time to play a game: NAME THAT SIDE EFFECT! If you can name them all then you get these prizes:

1) trip to my house for a tour to see where I writhed in pain for 6 days and you can see the Gatorade bottle collection i have (it really is the Thirst Quencher, mind you)

2) 8 cheese wontons from Pick Up Stix on Wonton Wednesday! (YUM. I would play this game just for these wontons.)

3) A New Moon book signed by Peter Facinelli (but only if your name is Mike and you'd like to owe me a new New Moon book and I hope you learn your lesson NOT to tell Peter Facinelli the book was yours to begin with)

4) an imaginary thumbs up via any social networking tool of your choice (myspace, twitter, facebook, multiply, tumblr, etc...)

On to my game!

"Ok Robert Pattinson, your turn..."

"I really should not have eaten that last taco..."

My mom after seeing my credit card bill. :)

"Aw man, I forgot my cellphone..."

"Nom nom nom... that Edward cake is good"

Add these all up and you get me! One big ball of cancer reality... its only funny because its gone now and Im able to control myself again. I can make fun all I want but the past 7 days have been the worst days ever and as much as I don't EVER wanna go back to that again, no matter how bad, not even if I give up my messed up kidney and a first unborn child, i have no choice. I spend these days in bed with all these side effects, all these emotions and all these unexplainable grievances - thoughts I didn't even know I could think of... but when that chemo fog is lifted and all the side effects go away and all my hormones settle down and eat themselves some ice cream so they can shut the heck up... the world goes back to the way it was again even if its just for the next 2 weeks. And that is whatI look forward to...