I’ve decided it’s time for a bitch fest blog posting – it’s my blog and I can bitch if I want to. In the interest of posterity, here is a listing of all the chemo side effects I’m experiencing, in case I look back on this someday and say, “gee, that wasn’t so bad.” Listing… Continue reading An Inventory of Side Effects
Ok, I’m still here … how many days have I been asleep?? Chemo #5 was much like 1, 2, 3, and 4 … just more of it. I started to feel the effects of it during the infusion itself on Tuesday, which up until now I really hadn’t been. Slept on the drive home and… Continue reading Helllloooo….?
YES! The snark is back! It’s the word of the day, and the word of the campaign!! Leave it to guess-who to help keep it real for my chemo funday, sending me the best-timed cancer card yet. Thank you!! Love you!! Now everyone, go vote FOR HER! I voted two weeks ago and am now getting chemo infusion… Continue reading In Honor of Election Day, and Chemo #5 (#nsfw, #mypoliticalopinion)
It’s Friday, and I seem to be on an 80’s kick, so … Time for the B-52s! Happy Friday!
Tomorrow starts week 3 of the Chemotherapy Waltz (one-two-three, one-two-three…). I think of week 3 as my “normal” week, because it’s the week I commute in to work instead of working from home, and my daily routine seems the most normal. Work is not exactly normal right now, as I’m between projects, which is actually… Continue reading Back to a “normal” week?
Yesterday morning, Grandma headed home. It was great having her here to help. She drove me to my appointments, and in between appointments she took the kids overnight to Legoland, so Tad & I got to have the house to ourselves for a night. And of course the kids love having her here, whatever the… Continue reading In Praise of Caregivers
Round four is following the same pattern as expected, each day feeling worse with the low point on day 4 (today). It’s definitely hitting a bit harder this time, which was expected. Today’s hydration appointment definitely helped and I feel much better tonight, so I think I’m over the hump. It’s been nice having my… Continue reading Round Four Excitement
Today was my fourth round of chemo. Although I’m having mixed emotions about being halfway (yay, halfway! ugh, only halfway…), it was satisfying to be making forward progress. And Grandma came with me! It’s definitely getting harder each round. The middle drug (Cytoxan) always makes me feel crummy while it’s being infused, and today seemed… Continue reading Here I Go Again
The problem with being halfway done is … ugh, I’m only halfway done. Round four is coming up on Tuesday, and I can’t believe I have to do this fucking thing three more times. Ugh. I’ve already started taking the pre-meds, yay. I have heard about people going through chemo who start to have anticipatory… Continue reading Ugh, halfway…
I am officially calling it: I’M HALFWAY DONE! Woo hoo! Time for the half time show – hm, there’s a nipple joke in there somewhere… I was starting to feel much better by Tuesday, and actually I think yesterday was pretty good too. Certainly by today, the fatigue is gone, and only a few minor… Continue reading Halfway!
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