Chemo 7.5

I was saying to Mathilde the other day that I have a feeling this round of chemo has been a pretty effective one. The interesting thing about these treatments is that I seem to react a bit differently to each one. The first treatment seemed to be very effective, and knocked me on my ass for a week. The second treatment was a lot easier, and I remember telling the doctor that I felt like I hadn't even had chemo (that was the one where I stopped at McDonalds on the way home from the treatment and ate a quarter pounder. Just writing that sentence made sick) Treatment 6 had its share of side-effects, but the night sweats never really went away (nor did they with number treatment 2).
Treatment 7 seems to really be doing what it is supposed to, though. On Sunday I had the vague feeling that a lot of cells were being killed. I have what I call narcolepsy pretty badly (where I sleep for 12 hours, wake up thinking I couldn't possibly sleep anymore, and the next thing I know it is 3 hours later). This morning I woke up with the girls to help get them out the door and found that my knees really ache and that I was out of breath just buttering a piece of toast. Not sure what causes the knees to ache (could be lack of exercise), but the shortness of breath is probably caused by a low red blood count (which would also explain the tiredness). I don't recall having shortness of breath from chemo before, but I take it as a good sign. Even though I think chemo sucks, the truth is I am the type of person who likes the cough syrup to taste bad.