Round 1 of chemo down. Ive had an unfortunate advancement in some neuropathy side effects that Im concerned about, please pray for that. Ive also forgot what it feels like to be a chemo patient. The sleepiness kicked in pretty instantly, however now Im wide awake at 430..trying to find the nearest 24/7 Walgreens to go find me some anti-puke foods, whats your go to in this ?? My next round of pills isnt due until another 4 hours or so. The bone shot I was given is also supposed to increase the flu like symptoms. :( Lets wrap this up with a positive: My first nephew was born yesterday and was the first thing I got to see after chemo! :-) what a blessing he is! My hip pain, knock on wood, has magically dissipated!!! Im cautiously weaning myself of all pain medication for that. I went a long, 5 hour stretch yesterday after radiation between medicine and this evening Im going on 6 hours with not feeling like Im needing a dosage! :-)! Thank you for your prayers on this, keep them coming please!!! I also finished radiation yesterday which was good. A nice short round and I was able to make all the techs giggle and smile the whole time, something Im sure is harder among cancer patients. Please continue to keep my family in your prayers. This second round is being taken harder than the first and were learning to cope with that. Since we are living on our own this go, since I handle the last round so well, there is an added amount of stresses were walking through in this initial phase. Once things smooth out, life will be just fine but its just a matter of adjusting to what our new normal is (story of my cancer life). This ongoing disease comes with ongoing challenges whether it be physically, emotionally, financially and just when you think youve got it figured out, wham! they change something and you start all over again searching for a new comfortable place to be. Now on a silly (possibly tmi) story about Jacob... yesterday we went out to dinner with my family in town and I decided I was going to stuff a bra! So I found my most padded bra and created myself a set haha! As were leaving the restaurant and Im buckling Jacob into his car seat he goes momma!! Your booby is back?! And I giggle and go yup! They came back! Does that make you happy? And with the biggest smile he nodded his head..Then proceeded to ask to see, just to check...haha smart kid! It is the little things like that of trying to find a new norm to please everyone and make everyone more comfortable with this disease...as much as Im mostly okay going bald and flat, my children and loved ones have a harder time picturing me healthy with this new, not so great, body features..looks like Penelope (the wig) is going to get some more face time...and Jacob will be happy to know that I enjoyed the Kleenex boobs as much as he did :-) Prayers appreciated. :-)
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:42:12 +0000
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