ON THE ROAD AGAIN

We leave for the much anticipated trip to Mexico tomorrow morning... sun, beach, whale watching (alexander is obsessed with sea mammals) and fun with the whole family (thank god the rest of them are coming otherwise we'd never be able to deal with all the "kid crap" between just the two of us). This trip is even more amazing to me because I booked the tickets less than an hour before I found out my diagnosis. I doubt we would have tried to schedule something after finding out, but it turned out to be perfect timing. Yeah for small (and large) blessings.
Speaking of which, I have (count 'em) NO doctor's appointments scheduled for next week (first time since early January). I met with the oncologist of choice today, and WE HAVE A PLAN:
I will start "dose dense" chemo March 6th... it will continue for 8 rounds every 2 weeks, so there will be plenty of opportunity to sign up to be my "chemo buddy" and accompany me to treatment. (The chairs are really nice and they have good snacks...).
I will get a port (likely in above my collar bone) the day I start chemo so I don't wreck my veins from too many injections (thereby preserving them for my recreational IV drug habit). Today I got prescriptions for 4 different kinds of anti-nausea medicines and a wig (it's considered a "prosthesis").
Bring it on. (but first, vacation...)

Mom update: For those of you who have been asking, no my mom has not gone back to the autobody shop, and no she's not in jail (yet)-- maybe they'll extradite her?