Chemo Has Left The Body

I can tell it's gone because all the things I took for granted are slowly coming back. And now I am really paying attention to them. 1. Let's take my taste buds, for instance. Food has never tasted so good as it has over the past couple of weeks. Coffee, I missed you. Chocolate, I adore you. Although I have to tighten the reins on my eating habits for my health's sake, I have thoroughly enjoyed pigging out lately. However, my jeans may not agree. 2. "Unwanted hair". Of course, all the hair I didn't miss in the first place is coming back fast and oddly patterned, but I am not complaining. I shaved my legs today for the first time in a few months and it was nice. Only, Bob's razor needs a new blade. He surely will not appreciate sharing with me again. There's just something about his razor . . . I like it better. Don't judge me. 3. "Wanted hair". Slowly but surely the fuzz is darkening and looking more like hair. Bob says it is getting long. I guess compared to his bald spot it is getting "long", but I can be patient. It's my eyelashes and eyebrows causing me strife. I never lost them completely, just have vacant spots here and there. So I spend a lot of time obsessing over the growth while examining them in a magnifying mirror hourly. Eyebrows are filling in, but eyelash holes are slow to respond. 4. Energy and pain. Energy level has increased and the burning pain in my legs . . . vanished. I even ran two miles last Sunday and felt good! Joy. I feel joy from the inside out. With surgery coming up, I still feel like I am over the hump. The worst is behind me. And that is where I'd like it to stay.