The second set of treatments has begun. I had my week off after three treatments and I was back to the CTCA Friday February 26. I have been feeling A TON better. All the little sicknesses and annoying things are resolved, it is so nice. Now all that is left is the regular chemo stuff, which for me is not too bad, I can go much longer with being careful of germs, some muscle soreness, tiredness, that's not too bad. I did not do well with the super thrush sore throat and weird rash in the mouth business. Thank goodness that is all taken care of. PLUS everything went super smoothly this time with appointments and such. Not many people were able to make it to the CTCA Friday as Philly was under a weather advisory and some airlines had cancelled flights. We (my mom and I) were super fortunate, we left and got to Philly nearly on time. Then with not many people there, there wasn't much of a wait for blood draws, or chemotherapy, so that was a bonus. We did end up having to stay because our original flight back was cancelled and then we were unable to catch another flight out, but got back into Columbus today around 1:00. It was on time too.
So, 2 more treatments, which I hope will be doing a lot of stuff... (they better be!!!!) and then we figure the rest of the plan. I am nervous excited...hopeful!
They said this week in Philly that the weather is supposed to be sort of crappy on Thursday so I hope we can make it out this week. If I miss a Friday, that will mean the treatment ends up going to a new day, and Fridays are nice because the weekend is there in case I need recovery time, or get stuck in Philly!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Three chemo treatments down!
Three treatments down. Finally I think we are in a routine. That makes such a difference. Last weekend we actually were able to stay on schedule, and we traveled out to Philly on Friday and ended up staying the whole weekend out there because of the weather. It was nice this Friday to be able to go out and back smoothly.
Everything is going well. I had some issues starting up with the new drugs, just like any of the other chemotherapy regiments that I have been on. I am feeling much better now with the third treatment down. I think this one sort of had me on a rough start so I didn't feel much like blogging, or doing anything. (sorry I feel bad I know you all are wanting to be kept better up to date) I had more of an upset stomach, I was drinking a lot of tea to help settle that down. The face rash (and upper body rash) came on in a big way so that has been sucky. Imagine being 16 with bad acne, red, with white heads (more like blisters with the face rash) so it is probably the worst part. Oh and it ended up also appearing in my mouth so that has been interesting. See I was falling apart, so there was no time to blog. :) The CTCA gave me some antibiotics to calm this stuff down, so I was super grateful for that. Turns out that I still have a good bit of hair, I am not sure what that is all about. I expect that this week it will probably take it's leave, but will see. Maybe these are my hearty hairs and will try to stick it out. I also ended up discovering I have thrush, how weird is that? For that they gave me this liquid medicine, so it was weird to travel with that on a the airplane that was over the limit of liquids. It turned out to be safe after the TSA x-rayed it extra. I want you to know what a good job they are doing. :) It was pretty cool to be able to go in the family medicine lane because we got to skip to the front of a long line, there should be some perks on the chemo and all these drugs right?!
Anyway, this should be an awesome weekend. Craig and I are just happy to be in town. It is so nice to be home and feeling normal (this is normal for me on chemo) and being able to do things in our house, and actually being here with our dogs and no one having to take care of them for us. AND this Friday coming up I have my off week, so I feel like that is a rest, if you can't tell that I am looking forward to!
For those who pray for me and this situation, I do want to thank you, I think for me this has been one of the more challenging times in (January/Feburary) my cancer journey, and I know that your remembering me in your prayers has helped to bring me through to a good place.
Everything is going well. I had some issues starting up with the new drugs, just like any of the other chemotherapy regiments that I have been on. I am feeling much better now with the third treatment down. I think this one sort of had me on a rough start so I didn't feel much like blogging, or doing anything. (sorry I feel bad I know you all are wanting to be kept better up to date) I had more of an upset stomach, I was drinking a lot of tea to help settle that down. The face rash (and upper body rash) came on in a big way so that has been sucky. Imagine being 16 with bad acne, red, with white heads (more like blisters with the face rash) so it is probably the worst part. Oh and it ended up also appearing in my mouth so that has been interesting. See I was falling apart, so there was no time to blog. :) The CTCA gave me some antibiotics to calm this stuff down, so I was super grateful for that. Turns out that I still have a good bit of hair, I am not sure what that is all about. I expect that this week it will probably take it's leave, but will see. Maybe these are my hearty hairs and will try to stick it out. I also ended up discovering I have thrush, how weird is that? For that they gave me this liquid medicine, so it was weird to travel with that on a the airplane that was over the limit of liquids. It turned out to be safe after the TSA x-rayed it extra. I want you to know what a good job they are doing. :) It was pretty cool to be able to go in the family medicine lane because we got to skip to the front of a long line, there should be some perks on the chemo and all these drugs right?!
Anyway, this should be an awesome weekend. Craig and I are just happy to be in town. It is so nice to be home and feeling normal (this is normal for me on chemo) and being able to do things in our house, and actually being here with our dogs and no one having to take care of them for us. AND this Friday coming up I have my off week, so I feel like that is a rest, if you can't tell that I am looking forward to!
For those who pray for me and this situation, I do want to thank you, I think for me this has been one of the more challenging times in (January/Feburary) my cancer journey, and I know that your remembering me in your prayers has helped to bring me through to a good place.
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