Chemotherapy is kicking my butt! Or am I kicking its?

Hm, it depends:

Chemotherapy's points:  Well, I don't feel good. My face is bright red (from the anti-nausea medicine) and I basically feel like I have the flu. I feel like I have a high fever (very hot head) but I don't at all. I have a headache and I'm completely constipated (sorry if too much info). I sometimes get nauseous but if I eat something, it goes away. I'm tired.

Heidi 's points: I can get out of bed. I'm not vomiting constantly. I'm not moving quickly but I'm getting around. I can do laundry. I'm not sleeping all day long. I will try to go watch Leo's soccer game and the Steelers are on TV here in NY!

I think a big important point is that they have made amazing strides with drugs recently. I'm taking something called "Emend" which has only been out about 5 years. It's being hailed as the miracle drug and I guess I have to agree. This experience has not been as bad as I feared it would be based on what I read other people went through in older books.

That doesn't mean I feel great and that this isn't hard. I'm really worried about tomorrow (Monday - when I might try going to work) because I'm not scheduled to take the anti-nausea drug. But hopefully that means I won't need it and I'll be ok.

And let's face it, I would be in much worse pain if I had been in some kind of accident. I don't really have pain per se - just feeling generally crappy.  I would sum it up by saying I feel like I have the flu.

So am I winning or is the chemo?  Maybe I'm winning this round at least?