Thanks - I'm thrilled to be finally done with chemo! It's kind of a strange feeling, though, too - at least while you're on chemo, you have this feeling of "I'm being treated for this disease and we're fighting it", and when you've finished, you're kind of like "Wait! isn't anyone going to treat me?" Kind of an odd feeling. I've been doing some reading lately and I guess it's a common feeling. I'm getting a post-chemo CT-scan in a few weeks, then I'll find out what my follow-up regimen is.

I'm glad to hear that you have good local support for your diet. Most people really take eating anything for granted, that's for sure. Travel does sound like it's a real pain, though, since your reactions are so severe and I'm sure it make the RSD worse, too

Well, I just got home from some IV fluid infusion (just saline) that helps the chemo side-effects to not be so bad, and I'm heading down for another nap, which just reminded me to share one last tip about Calmare - be sure to schedule in lots of post-treatment rest time. It's kind of like your brain is re-learning about the pain, and it's like you're taking a semester of college classes in one treatment! It seems to hit about 2 hours after treatment - you're just totally zonked for 12 or 14 hours. Then it gets to be less and less "zonked time" after each treatment, then by the second week you're feeling where you can get up and around and all over. I remember when my daughter did a cartwheel down the hotel hallway (this is, of course, if the treatment is working for you, as I'm hoping it does for you). If it does seem like it's working, I highly recommend listening to your body and just going with the need to rest.

Best of luck, and I'm heading into my post-chemo icky after phase now so I probably won't check in for up to a week.