Back to work again

Well it's Monday and I'm back at work and still feeling a little crappy. Four straight days of being nauseas and completely tired is not fun. I hope it doesn't get any worse. I am going to ask the doc if she can give me some stronger anti nausea medicine. My hair is starting to come out a little too. That sucks. BLAH !!! Short week this week though and looking forward to some good Thanksgiving food !!

Treatment 3: 11/20/08

Not much to report about the most recent treatment. Same old same old. My blood counts are pretty low, especially my whites so I need to keep an eye on my health and not get sick or get any infections and such. Just taking it easy today and resting. Nausea isn't too bad right now thankfully. We got a bunch of snow last night and today so I am excited about that.

I got a surprise this morning from Ed and everyone at Piecasso. Ed actually really delivered me a large pizza overnight via UPS it looks and smells great and I can't wait to try it shortly. I was very surprised to say the least. I really have a craving for pizza after my treatments so it was a welcome surprise. Thanks to Ed, Sarah, Leo, Pat, Jonathan, Stacey, Walter and the rest of the Piecasso crew. This place seriously has the best pizza so if you are ever in Stowe Vermont stop by the restaurant.

Thanks

Thanks for the comments everyone. i really appreciate it and it means a lot to know I have such great friends and family. Hope you are all well and be thankful for all your blessings !!!!

2nd Treatment: 11/06/08

Well it's Monday after my second treatment. Everything went pretty well again during the treatment and they even had tea and snacks for us. Apparently they have "tea time" every first Thursday of the month.

So anyway, Friday I felt ok in the afternoon and decided to go into work for a while. I don't know if that was a good idea or not because I spent most of the entire weekend completely exhausted. The nausea wasn't too bad but I was so tired I could barely do anything.

My blood counts, both white and red, are down a bit and that's probably why I am so tired. The low white counts make me much more susceptible to infection. Gotta make sure I don't get sick. One good note, I still have my hair. We'll see if that lasts or not.

Sarah and I did go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training meeting on Saturday. From their website......"The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training® is the world's largest endurance sports training program. The program provides training to run or walk marathons and half marathons or participate in triathlons and century (100-mile) bike rides. Since 1988, more than 380,000 volunteer participants have helped raise more than $900 million.......to raise funds for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research and patient services".

The first event is the Cleveland Marathon in May and I am really excited to participate but I don't know if I am physically able to devote myself to training for such an event. Maybe later next year I can train for the Akron Marathon. We'll see.

Daydreaming............I wish.

The "Hodgkin's Itch" has not gone away as I experienced a bout with it last night. It goes like this.......Wake up itching...........notice sweat on pillow from neck/chest area..........continually scratch itchy neck, chest and arms for 15-20 minutes and try to fall back asleep.

It's an itch that cannot really be scratched as it is not really epidermal in nature. Doctor's of course really don't know why it occurs. The chemo is supposed to get rid of it.

Back to work.

Well it's back to work today after a nice 4 day weekend. Well I shouldn't say nice because for the majority I felt at least a little nauseas and tired. Threw up on Saturday after I removed my bandage from the lymph node biopsy. Don't know what happened there.

The nausea was pretty steady and mild until Saturday when it subsided a bit. I am not taking the Zofran regularly unless I feel something coming on. That stuff makes me really tired I think. My appettite is quite erratic but I hope it gets better as I am sick of eating pizza and cereal (did I really just say that?). Actually I am craving pizza right now. Pizza is good. Ed if you read this you need to send me a large pie. Go see Ed's website for his restaurant Piecasso.

I did however go out and do normal everyday stuff so the outcome for future chemo treatments seems good. I hope. Check this pic out. We got free gas this weekend because our local grocery store gives "fuel perks" when you spend money at the store. Sweeeet !!!!