We make a new Plan

Chemo 6 has been painful and has completely sapped my energy.  I'm taking lots of pain meds, which sometimes work and sometimes don't.  I had 6.2B last Tuesday.  6.2 wasn't as bad as 6.1, but still not very pleasant. 
Victoria and Iris came over on Thursday.  Iris got two hats, lemon and eggplant.  She needs little sweaters, so that has been added to the list of things to do.  I made a Big Girl cape for Jennifer Neal Davis's two year old--she out-grew her sweater.  I also made a sweater for Jennifer's little boy who is due the beginning of December.  I am on the second sleeve of Iris's first sweater.  The little things go together quickly.  It's fun to make them, even if the babies can't wear them too long.  Tiny people need warmth, too.  My standard baby outfit looks so big now when I compare it to the 0-6 month sizes.
I had a CT scan on Friday.  Got the results today.  It was partly good--the lymph nodes that were growing are stable--that's the good part.  There is a new mass--that's the bad part.  So Chemo 6 was sort of working and sort of not.  I didn't have 6.2C today.  I get a week off to try to build back some energy and next week we will start Avastin.  It is given by infusion, but Dr. Chee said it isn't exactly chemotherapy.  Maybe it won't suck up as much energy.
That's about it.  I'm knitting and reading and getting lots of sleep.  It is hard to believe that Labor Day is coming up.  This is the third year without the Gateswingers at Jones Gulch.  I miss fiddling all weekend, but I'm sure I couldn't make it from the cabin to the dining hall or the cabin to the dance hall.  Still, that's where I started fiddling and I'll miss it.
xxooxx