I realize that I am posting this on the day after my 2nd round of chemo. I wrote most of the below blog post during my infusion yesterday, and it’s a big topic so I wanted to get it posted. But since I’m sure you’re all wondering how I’m doing I’ll plan to have a… Continue reading Introducing Yolanda
And I’m off, to chemo infusion cycle #2: Today’s outfit is, as it says on the packing list, comfy long sweats (with cuffed ankles that I can pull up into capris when I’m outside), a short-sleeved tshirt with a v-neck, to access the port, with a vest and a comfy hat. Once I got settled… Continue reading Chemo Packing List
I shaved it tonight!!! I couldn’t take it anymore! Last Saturday night – actually in the wee hours of Sunday morning – my hair announced its departure. It literally woke me up, feeling tingly and strange, and I just knew that was it. I had expected my hair would shed gradually; but when I got… Continue reading Bye bye blue!
Yesterday was my first day back in the office since leaving for London … in other words, since dying my hair blue over three weeks ago! Everything went fine, in fact it was a quiet day; several of the folks on my team are on travel. I realized shortly after arriving that the blue hair… Continue reading Why, yes, my hair IS blue!
And then, overnight, like nothing happened, I was fine! I woke up early on Wednesday morning (Day 9) feeling totally normal. I had decided the day before to go to my early morning yoga class, which I have not been to since before London. I got up on time and went to class. During class… Continue reading OK I’M AWAKE!!!
Post-chemo life hobbles on. It’s pretty sucky, I don’t recommend it… My narcolepsy has eased, and been replaced by stomach issues. Not so much straight nausea – they’ve given me pretty good meds for that. But other GI issues have reared their head (hah!). I’ve asked if any of the meds I’m taking might be… Continue reading Are we having fun yet?
I last wrote on “Day 2” of my first chemo cycle and here we are on “Day 5.” I have no idea what happened. I think I’ve been asleep the whole time. My week progressed pretty much as Chemo 101 had predicted, with Day 4 (Friday) being the worst. Overall I would say I just… Continue reading Sleep-gasm
During my first chemo yesterday I recorded a short video tour of the clinic but had technical difficulties uploading it that I fixed today. Sorry about the voice volume; I was talking softly to avoid bothering the other patients. Enjoy! In other news, I have survived Day 2 of Chemo round 1 quite well. I… Continue reading Day 2 – And Oncology Clinic Video
Around 2:30 a.m. this morning, I became hazily half-awake from a not-unpleasant dream, about what I don’t remember. I shifted in my groggy sleep. Then suddenly, like a whoosh, came the thought: chemotherapy starts today. I read for a while, then tried to get back to sleep with no luck. Figuring if I’m wide awake… Continue reading One Down, Five to Go!
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