Cycle 3, Day 6 – Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Well, the last few days have been better than the previous cycle, but the chemo is having an impact on my energy level; legs especially are weak. Other than that I’m feeling pretty normal.
Knowing that my last PET scan showed no cancer gives me hope, but at the same time I wish I didn’t need to keep taking the chemo. But for it to do its job, I must keep taking until the cancer cells are trained to not reproduce – or something like that.
Thank you Lord.
Cycle 3, Day 15 – Thursday, August 13, 2015
Went in for my routine blood tests, and it was routine. All results were within normal limits. Been feeling fine since my last post. Next event is the beginning of chemo for cycle 4 on August 27th. The Lord has been good to me.
Cycle 4, Day 1 – Friday, August 27, 2015
I write this on the morning of August 29th. Had my all day chemo on the 28th (8-3:30) and will have my shorter chemo this afternoon (1-3). Yesterday on the way home I already felt a little weak (jittery) in my arms; my stomach feels uncomfortable. This morning I noticed my legs also felt tired. Guess that means the chemo is starting to do its thing.
Well, yesterday I got some good news and some bad (not real bad) news.
I had an appointment with Dr L and we talked about what happens after the current treatment of the 28th and 29th. I told him about my conversation with Dr G (ENT doctor) and that he said he’d basically have to put me under general anesthesia to take a biopsy if Dr L requested it. Dr L agreed that he didn’t want to do that. That was the good news.
The bad news is that we’re going to do a full 6 cycles of chemo, rather than 4 cycles that had been discussed only as a possibility. The more I think about that I don’t have a real problem with it. Sure, it makes me feel weak for a few days, but I’d rather go through that with the hope that my remission is longer, than to have to start all over at a much earlier time.
Future events: Blood tests on Sep 10th; Next chemo (in 7 weeks rather than 4 weeks) on Oct 15 and 16. The reason for the next chemo being in 7 weeks is because we’re going to be taking a short vacation in a few weeks and Dr L was willing to adjust the schedule to fit that in.
I feel that the Lord has blessed us each morning when I wake up on the ‘green side of the grass’, although I’m looking forward to being with Him when He’s ready for me.
Cycle 4, Day 4 – Sunday, August 30, 2015
Today was a good day. I felt good enough to go to church in the morning and have brunch with friends afterwards. God is good.
Emergency Room Visit – Monday, August 31, 2015
Note: Not related to cancer.
I woke up this morning about 1am with an old familiar feeling – I had a kidney stone that was moving. By 3:30am I decided it was time to go to the ER at South Park for a visit. Home by 5:15am with pain medication for comfort and a prescription to help the stone pass.