[chemteach]

Thank you for the kind comments BonnieR. I keep working on being upbeat and positive even with the indescribable taste of chemo in my mouth. It will be gone by Monday I hope, and like New Survivor, I look forward to that last treatment and moving onward. At the same time that I am emotional and grumpy and weak, I am so thankful that I am not sick to my stomach as others have been. I am thankful for those who were in Herceptin trials before me, and I get the benefits of all that research and trial activity. Somehow we will give back, maybe through helping newly diagnosed people we know or participating in a trial or becoming a survivor. Someone told me there is a gift at the end of this journey. I'm not sure what it is yet, but I think it's true. Thank you for the prayers. I appreciate each of you.