[NanaJoni]

Thanks, folks, for helping me so much with your postive notes. I think I'm just in the "day before chemo/taking steroids/whiney" place. Thank goodness it's Monday - on Mondays all our kids and grandkids come here for dinner (which may alter some during chemo so maybe another reason I'm so cranky)......but I continue to remind myself it's only for such a few months. But it's all happened so fast my normally optimistic self is still reeling and sometimes angry (which is also normal). I'm hoping that getting started tomorrow, in spite of what might be a few rough days, will make me feel more like I'm moving forward and not just waiting. I reread this abstract a couple of times and it's not so scarey after all. Helping others is so important on these forums so I'd better get myself in that mode - and I also have some Xanax the surgeon gave me so I may try that to get through today and tomorrow a little easier.
Vicky - we have such similar situations and you are doing almost an identical treatment plan as I am. How did the TCH go for you? Hoping the radiation is going well.