Actually Cycle 4 Day 1 treatment is over......Sorry I havent updated lately but overall there's not much new to report. I am just past halfway done with the treatments and looking forward to spring and having it be all done!! I get CT scanned on February 5th so thats a good sign. Hopefully everything will be gone when we look at those scans. I will still have to go through the whole cycle of treatment regardless because individual cells are very small as you know and cannot be detected on the scan. My doctor wants to make sure everything is taken care of before we finish.
I do too but it's getting to be kind of a drag on my body to deal with the treatments. Mostly my head feels "strange" most of the time and I am tired. I have had some occasional stomach problems as well so I take Prilosec and eat a lot of Rolaids. I guess I should probably tone down my diet a bit and avoid the huge Mexican dinners (like last night). My hair is still thinning but is not coming out in patches like I thought. We'll see how it goes over the next couple months but by then I will be just about done!!
It's weird. I feel like the winter and this cold are trapping me in this chemo world and that spring and warm weather will be my sign that things are over and I can get back to normal. I can't wait until spring!! March 26th will be the last one. Then 2 weeks of radiation. Phew!!! Seems like a long way away. Thanks to my wife for helping me through all this!!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Half Way
Well as of last Friday the 2nd, I am half way done with the treatments. I'm really happy to have reached this milestone and I just need to tough it out until this concludes. On a bad note, I spent yesterday and last night in the hospital.
On Tuesday night I had a mild fever which lasted through the night. I woke up and my temp. was 102 so I figured it was time to get to the hopital. So they kept me for observation all day yesterday and overnight and pumped me full of antibiotics, took blood, etc, etc. Nothing really seemed out of the ordinary. So today I feel a lot better, no fever and just resting a bit more at home. It was a bit of a scare but luckily I dont have the flu or pneumonia or anything else crazy or life threatening. Sarah of course kept me company the whole time for which I am so grateful.
Other than that nothing new to report. We are still going to look at a couple houses this weekend but maybe just looking. I am a bit nervous about my job right now due to my health and the economic circumstances, so maybe we will hold off on such a purchase until spring when hopefully the future will seem a little more clear.
All in all, Sarah and I are doing great and just tryng to maintain a positive outlook and know that better days are soon to come. I can't wait for the lazy, beer drinkin' days of summer.
On Tuesday night I had a mild fever which lasted through the night. I woke up and my temp. was 102 so I figured it was time to get to the hopital. So they kept me for observation all day yesterday and overnight and pumped me full of antibiotics, took blood, etc, etc. Nothing really seemed out of the ordinary. So today I feel a lot better, no fever and just resting a bit more at home. It was a bit of a scare but luckily I dont have the flu or pneumonia or anything else crazy or life threatening. Sarah of course kept me company the whole time for which I am so grateful.
Other than that nothing new to report. We are still going to look at a couple houses this weekend but maybe just looking. I am a bit nervous about my job right now due to my health and the economic circumstances, so maybe we will hold off on such a purchase until spring when hopefully the future will seem a little more clear.
All in all, Sarah and I are doing great and just tryng to maintain a positive outlook and know that better days are soon to come. I can't wait for the lazy, beer drinkin' days of summer.
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