Oh my nose knows

This is week 10 of 12 Taxol chemo treatments. This week has been very tiresome. I just want to sleep, but sleep avoids me. I have another side effect of nose bleeds and bloody sinuses. Ahhhchooo. 

I know the chemo is killing any cancer cells, but I keep thinking it isn't working because my hair is coming back. The oncologist assured me the chemo is still doing its job. 

My hair is growing long. I am actually using shampoo again. It is a salt and pepper mix with a little dark brown in the back. I have my male pattern baldness still so I am lacking new growth on top, but there is some peach fuzz. 

I can't wait to get to the last treatment. Julia wants to go with us that day so I can ring the bell to signify my last chemo. I asked her to make me a poster to show it will be my last chemo. 

Radiation will start about three weeks after Chemo. 

The oncologist is studying our family genetic history for her genetics class and even presented our family tree to her professors in California. We have an extensive history of cancer in my paternal side going back three generations and proven BRCA 2 + history too. 

My oncologist is also looking into a trial she wants me to consider for post chemo maintenance drug study. More on that soon.