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| Receiving Chemo #3 |
THREE down and ONE to go! I can't
see the finish line yet, but I know it's there! I slept through most of Thursday's chemotherapy treatment. The nurses said I was out like a light. I don't even remember getting the chemo drugs, since apparently the anti-nausea meds I was given first, knocked me out. But I know I had them! The cumulative effect of chemo is very present this time around. I'm not sick and only have a little bone and muscle pain, but I have that weird feeling I can only describe as "chemo-y"... sensitive skin, red face and chest, extreme fatigue, and trembling inside. I feel it much more intensely this time. Dr. Cohen lowered my dosage of Taxotere, so I'm not feeling as much numbness as with the last two treatments. However, I do feel disoriented now and then. I worked yesterday, and I know I was there, but I don't remember much about it. This morning as I was walking Bodhi, I spoke to some folks in the neighborhood, and I had trouble forming my sentences. I didn't fall asleep until sometime after 6am this morning, and then woke at around 10, so lack of sleep is contributing to my general fogginess too, I suppose.
I can't complain. I'm functioning, able to walk with Bodhi, albeit slower than we used to. I'd say I'm doing pretty well. Ric and I went to the bookstore today and after a while I had to come home to lie down. But when I pulled in the driveway after driving home in the gorgeous sunshine, and saw Bodhi looking through the window, I thought, "I just have to take this little guy for a walk... he deserves it!" So we walked for one hour! Found out I'm capable of more than I think sometimes. Aren't we all?
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| Whole-grain blueberry pancakes |
(Ric and I always go to iHop after chemo for pancakes! We did it in 2006 and are doing it this time around too. Don't know why... just a silly little tradition we started.)
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