On the upswing!!

WOOHOO!!!!

I have energy again!! It is so nice to be able to get off the couch and do things. I am still taking it easy, but not feeling like the walking dead is wonderful, and I will enjoy it as long as I can!

The last 3 days have been pretty busy for me, playdates for the kids, some park time, and we even ventured to walmart after I saw the DR today (more on that soon). We were out for about 3 hours and I actually felt good the whole time. Im a little tired now, but I guess thats to be expected. Spent 4 hours at a friends house yesterday and the kids had a blast in the pool and on the trampoline. Im very fortunate to have some people in my life reaching out right now. Its wonderful!!

Ok, back to the dr. thing. For the past couple days my arm (the IV one), has been hurting. The pain started to spread and get more intense so I called the lovely onc. nurses, who didn't have much to say besides call your GP, they might be able to figure it out. So I went to my wonderful GP this morning, explained the pain. She checked for obvious signs of infection or reaction and saw none. |So we still don't know 'what' is causing the pain, but we think its chemo related. Almost feels like nerve pain, so who knows. So the solution for now is to treat the pain. Let the onc people know on my next visit whats up!

Hopefully the pain wont stay too long, its my right arm and im right handed... it does cause a bit of a problem I tell ya!! Next infusion they can bully the left side!!

1 down...

Today was my first chemo... yeah for starting!! As you might be able to tell since i am on the board already it went pretty good. They have me on 3 anti-nauseants and a 4th to take if I get any of that 'breakthrough nausea'. So far my head feels a little foggy and im getting a little tired.

Had a wonderful nurse this morning as well which helped lots. Had some stinging issues with the last drip but then they figured it was more concentrated than they usually do it so just had saline at the same time and all was good.
The nurse said I had enough fluids to last the whole day, lol.

I ate a lite lunch, and hope to eat dinner as well... not really hungry though, probably all the fluid they gave me!

Now I think it may be time to sit back, sip some apple juice for that dry mouth I feel a coming on, and read some of my book.

If I can feel like this all through treatment, im set!!

Getting closer...

 This is the before and after pictures

Things are getting closer now. I had my chemo info session today, whcih means one week till things really get rolling. The info session went pretty good, but it was a generalized session. We did get some handouts for our specific treatment which is good. I have found I know alot already just by the shear amount of research I do online!!

I am also finding lots of great websites and groups with people just like me. I find this very helpful right now. Its nice to know your not alone!!