Be thankful

Feel so lucky at just having 4 chemo left when friend is going thru such turmoil with brain cancer and 2 spots in lungs..all this after going thru breast cancer few years back..AND she is SO UPBEAT thru this all =MAKE YOUR DAY THE BEST EVER EVERYDAY... REMEMBER "DO NOT BE AFRAID OF TOMORROW AS GOD IS ALREADY THERE" WE ALL NEED TO BE GLAD FOR EACH AND EVERY BREATH THE GOOD LORD IS GIVING

7 of 12!!! End getting near!!

Today was a very good day..
Up at 6..Hardee's by 6:20 for quick bite..Dennis needs breakfast..
Roger Maris by 7:15..checked in.
Told to go right back..to infusion..
Had C today..she is good at what she does..have had her before..
Did have problem with port today..as noted before a sheathe has grown over it.
So C tried to get needle in..couldn't....looked up who had me last wee..
L did..so she tried..got it..they talked about sheathe..and how it makes in more difficult.
So both girls started teasing me about being troublesome..
Guess I just have to be..
Once in...about 8 we got things rolling..
Still off a bunch of steroids so not as many drugs ..IVs etc to have.
All went well..out by 10:30..
Only 4 to go!!! 1 MONTH then DONE!!! YEA!!!
Did find out Lovenox level is high..need to do blood again Monday-Tuesday..
Have to go from 40 down to 30 w/shots..so will just shoot some out of needles that I have and go from there...
FEELS GOOD COUNTING DOWN....
GONNA BE A VERY GOOD WEEKEND!!
I CAN TELL..SOMEONE IS WATCHING OUT FOR ME!!!

5 to go!!!

Bed at 11:30 last night, up again at 1:30..bed at 2, up at 3:45 so why not just stay UP???
Today went so good.
Left house at 6:15...Denny wanted quick bite to eat..stopped at Hardee's...where fuel for body was gotten. Chatted for awhile as appt with Dr.P was at 8:45..so had time to spare.
Still got to RM at 7:20...took shot and meds..FELL ASLEEP and woke with JERK too..
See I was tired...only sleep I got so far today : (
When in to see nursed I was asked if I had any pain...said yes...she wanted to know what hurt..
"SHINGLES" I replied..."EVERYWHERE"scale was about 8..not sleeping, achy, sharp pains etc., under left arm pitt, sores around side at bra height, veins achy from sores., pain in shoulder blade. list went on.
Dr. P wanted a look at them...he was surprised...as they had gotten much worse..said I was to go on meds til end of chemo for them..
So new med to add to my list of many is:ACYCLOVIR or should I say :"Zovirax -brand name.
Used to treat outbreaks of chickenpox and help prevent infection spread to other parts of body/organs and persistent pain after sores heal..
Get to take 2 a day til chemo is over....yea...I am just a drug popper I guess.
Drug list is 5 pages long again, even tho Dr P took afew things out like the coumadin being I'm doing Lovenox shots for blood thinning.
We stopped steroids as he wanted to know about my swelling...D & I both explained how I would begin to look like a Sumo Wrestler and be an homebody til bloating was down..
So steroids that they add during chemo were stopped, and i am to keep eye on self at home..If I start gaining fluid I am to call in...So will keep an eye on it. Also didn't recieve all the liquid IVs that they usually give to keep you from dehydrating...which is usually an hr worth of an IV..so went without that today...
Got in and set up about 9:30 as we had to wait for a room..kinda had the 2nd shift what with Dr appt first and all..they are every 3 weeks. L was nurse today at RM Infusion center..
Got me set up and we were in and out by 12:20...so treatment was alot shorter than what i thought it would be.
Told everyone we would see them next Friday..and left..good to say 5 to GO..
Stopped back at Hardees for bite..then The Prescription Shop to get meds to get them going..
Am to push the fluids..not a problem..
Lord willing these meds will help with aches etc..
Mentioned that Sandy's cancer went to her bones. Dr. P felt so bad about that..told me that is why we are treating mine so aggressively also...as he doesn't want to find it there either.
So today was a good day...very good day..
Treatment was short..in and out...conversation was good with Den and few nurses that stopped in..had laptop with so played on that for a bit just to see how it went..which was good. Its a heavy laptop tho..nice..to have.
Got meds for shingles to help with them..didn't know there was something out there to use..
Thank goodness Den got the shot for them about a month ago..
One can get it at age 6o and over..he got his at the VA...
TODAYS ANOTHER GOOD DAY...
THANK YOU Dear Father in Heaven...for being with me on this journey...and for letting me have all these friends/relatives out there in this wide world who are sending prayers and thoughts my way...Thank you, Thank you, Thank you EVERYONE for being YOU!!!
And for being part of my SUPPORT SYSTEM... You are so very much appreciated...more than you know..

Only 6 to GO!!

12/31/09

New Years Eve day found D & I up at 6 ready to go!!!
6 of 12!!

6:30 found us at McD's for quick bite before hand.
7:10 found us at RM. I checked in at 7:15 and told to go right back to infusion area where
Nurse C was ready for me. She got the port needle in and off we go going with the meds:
1 hr for saline, 15 mins each for 3 different premeds, then shot of benadryl, then comes the chemo: 30 mins for Taxol, then 1 hr for Herceptin finished off with cocktail rinse of heparin flush. DONE..
All went so well..in by 8 and out by 12:00!!!
Went to Mom's to grab some lunch then home.
Worked from 3-7..
A girl had invited us out to Radisson to hear band Cousin B..friends of her's.
Being I felt so good - we did..band good as always..good to get out.
Thanks A!!! Good call.
Did leave about 11 as we are little older than the younger set... Quiet evening spent at home welcoming in the New Year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

1/01/10
Felt like I was starting to bloat late last night..YEP..I was.
Took a benadryl this a.m. as I looked once again like a sumo wrestler once again..didn't I go thru this before?? Should be used to it, but one never seems to be. Not the best picture of yourself looking back at you in the mirrors..
Drank water all day....benadryl really helps...by evening I seemed to be kinda
back to normal. Legs were swollen all day too.
Did spend all day with ache from my shingles...did quite afew vinegar/water soaks.
Nothing seemed to help but pain med....and boy can it hurt.

1/02/10

Still doing soaks for shingles today as its still draining good in one area.
Still pushing the water, but no benadryl needed today..body more or less
back to normal. Sumo wrestler has left the building...legs still swell tho.
SO GOOD TO BE HALFWAY TOWARD GOAL!!!
Still will have 1 week of radiation daily after chemo is done..but now
can either say its going to be 7 of 12 or else do count down..6 5 4 3 2 LASTONE!!
Think I may do countdown...