A major decision

After staying home 4 our of 5 days this past week with vomiting, diarrhea and low level nausea, I have made the decision to go on medical disability leave for 8 weeks until I'm done with the AC.

I've completed 5 treatments now, with 7 more to go and the side-effects are only going to get worse. My boss is very accommodating and understanding and she was in complete agreement. Plus, she doesn't have to pay me. LOL. Seriously though, I just started this job in March and I've used almost every hour of leave I have. In order to keep my medical and other benefits, I have to either work 8 hours or use 8 hours of leave time in a month. This will only affect August and I will have enough leave that I earned in July.

As far as money, I am incredibly grateful that I got the Aflac cancer policy last year. Not only has it helped by paying me for various treatments I've received, I also signed up for short-term disability. The only unfortunate thing is that I did not change my income level with Aflac when I changed jobs, so the amount I get is a little low. But, between that and the payments I receive for going through chemo and other things, I will get enough to cover what my paychecks would be.

In other news, my friend came over last night and shaved me head completely bald! No pictures yet though.

Oh, and in other OTHER news, there is a break in the sewer line leading from my house to the street so I am without a bathroom until they get the damn thing fixed! Argh!!

It's time to shave my head!

I have an appointment scheduled on Saturday to get my head shaved. It's none too soon, since today I have started to "shed." No clumps yet, just hair coming out very easily whenever I touch it.

I'm kind of looking forward to getting it done and over with. If ever there was a time to get your head shaved, the middle of summer would be it.

The down side is that it's screaming to the world, "Hey! I have cancer and I'm going through chemo!" I realize there are other reasons that women are bald, but I'm pretty sure the first thing that pops into people's head is "CANCER." So, taking the bus to work should be interesting to say the least. Now I'm going to be the one that people covertly stare at.

It's all right though. It really is. I've got other things on my mind and I have stopped worrying about what people think about me. After all, what you think of me is none of my business!