Start of Cycle 1 Week 2

Today has gone similar to the past couple of days, I feel good.  My sinuses continue to drain a little bit and by the end of a full day of work (now from home) my voice gets tired, no complaints as I still feel better than I have in a while.
Today as I mentioned I worked from home and that being the case I decided this early AM that I would join Lori for the first 30 minutes of her morning run.  It has been well over a month since I have gone for a run so 30 minutes was lots and Lori set a nice steady pace.  I felt good after the run and I had no fatigue or strain as a result, it has not been since early September that I have been able to say that.
For my treatment future today I started the first of two weeks recovery.  That means no pills, no IV and my immune system will start to weaken between today and a week from now, then it will gradually build in the following week and ideally reach a full recovery prior to me beginning the second cycle of treatment (early January).
I have had a couple of questions come up on a somewhat regular basis so I will answer them here:

• Nausea? None for me thanks!  prior to the IV I take a few anti-nausea pills and then 12 hours later and again 24 hours later I take another.  I also have some bonus pills that I can take up to every 4 hours if needed.  I have been told that it is way easier to prevent nausea than it is to deal with it, I have only had two times where I felt like I needed to take an additional pill that was over the past weekend and not really worth mentioning previously as it was a just in case I feel bad.  Other than that no nausea at all.

• Hair today, but how about tomorrow?  Those that know me know that I have been rock'n the pony tail for more than 20 years now and have only very recently had a trim to get to what most consider "long hair", so this question comes up often.  There is a 60ish% chance that I will loose some or all of my hair...they promise it will grow back and I am good either way. So far the shower drain still runs clear and my brush still looks like a brush rather than road kill, no sign of hair loss. Whew!  I do promise to post photos if I become one of the Egg men

We continue to be cautiously optimistic around how things are going, I am told that the next week as my immune system is weakened will be a bit tougher but then I will feel better the following week.  I am also expecting that with each future cycle of treatment the side-effects will be greater; on the other hand I am told that fitness and attitude play a big part in this so we are good to go.

Thanks for the continued support and of course thanks for reading.