Hi, all -

It's been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd give you a halftime report. I started rads and chemo (taxol and carboplatin) on July 13 and am three weeks (out of six) done now! My mouth is full of blisters, especially inside my top lip (ouch!)and I can't breathe through my nose anymore. I'm still eating (soup) and drinking, but don't know how long that's gonna last. Starting to lose some hair, too. Some insomnia (due to pain?) and very low energy. I'm getting a somewhat preemptive short short haircut next week to lessen the shock of the hair loss. All in all, I guess I'm hanging in there all right; my fears are around how much worse it might get, but I guess I can't know that. Any other women out there who had Taxol and lost hair? Just wondering.