First day down!

The first day of chemo is history. I can't tell you it isn't a bit scary watching that kool-aid colored fluid work its way into your body but feels so good to get started. The only real difference I have noticed is that some food has a kind of metallic taste. My friend Jennie, who visited me yesterday, said that what she read in the Livestrong book too. I need to get a copy of that as it is getting REALLY boring watching basic cable all day long :)

I had a really encouraging discussion with the cardiac thoracic surgeon yesterday. He feels pretty good about getting into my chest and removing the tumor that is moving into my heart. He is literally the top cardiac surgeon in the area and has specific experience removing sarcomas. It is open heart surgery (which sounds really scary) but anymore it is a pretty routine surgery. He thoughts the risks were in the 2% range which is good enough for me :) I am hoping to have that done when this initial chemo is finished and my immunity has recovered. His guess was two weeks but hadn't conferred with the oncologist yet. More news on Monday.

Otherwise, just wanted to let everyone know that I feel great and appreciate everything that you have done for my family. It means so much to me that they are being well taken care of so I can fight through this. Thank you so much!