Greetings my fellow relay junkies!!  Well, my next cycle of chemo has been delayed for several weeks and tomorrow I go in for my next visit with the vampires..hahaha     If my platelets are still not going up, my Dr wants to do a bone marrow biopsy and I am a nervous wreck!!!   I've never had to have one before, but one of my best relay buddies has had to do many of them(joys of leukemia) and eveyone I have talked to that has had to have one says they are the worst!   They don't knock you out, just try to dope you up and hope you can relax, but you still feel everything.....and as I have mentioned about a million times, I am a total needle phobic!!!   This is going to be interesting to see him talk me into this!   He can't decide if I'm slow to recoup due to my old decrepid body being beaten up from the transplant last year and then having to go back on chemo after a few months(can you say "duh"??) or if (and this is a great thought) the cancer has now gone into my marrow......oh, that would be just dandy!   The most frustrating thing is that other than being a little tired, I feel fine!!!!   He looks at my bloodcounts then looks at me and says I look too healthy for such low counts!!   I guess that's a compliment? hahaha......we'll see what happens tomorrow.....

Our relay committee meetings start next Monday and I am so excited to get back into the planning again....I love working on the relay!!!   I'm still working on lapwarmers....actually found a really easy pattern I like and am working on making a ton of granny squares to put together......if we don't use them for the relay gifts for the survivors this year, I'm going to donate them to my oncology dept.....I figure it would be a nice little something to give to someone who is new to the joys of chemo.....I still remember my first day  of chemo....you're nervous, scared,don't know what to expect...our room is always a little cold, so I thought it would be a nice gift to give from one survivor, who has already "been there, done that" to another......even if the survivor (me) is a little nuts!!! hahaha

Glad to see so many new people posting and many of our faithful relayers returning....keep those blogs coming.....they can make us laugh,cry,cheer and never forget WHY WE RELAY!!!!

Health and happiness to all!!!    Cindy