Weekends, what are those?! Having chemo three Fridays in a row really eats up the weekends. The first weekend on Gemzar I had a migraine and felt nauseous from the moment I finished treatment through Sunday morning, making it difficult to be out of bed with my eyes open; but, the good news was that by Sunday night I was just about fully recovered. The second week was more promising; with only slight nausea and tiredness through the weekend, which left me hopeful for the third week. The third week did not take a lead from the second week - it left me feeling completely lethargic and useless with my whole body aching, slight nausea and foggy brained, and some of these symptoms have not yet dissipated, but are getting better. Needless to say, I am looking forward to having a break from chemo this Friday and a break from sitting in Red Sox traffic! I will be the first to say that I took Xeloda for granted; it didn’t dawn on me at the time how great I felt even though I was taking chemo, perhaps we can revisit the oral medications if necessary. Dr. H was happy that we were able to get three treatments of Gemzar in, he thought that my counts would be too low and we would already have to drop down to two weeks on and one week off. Gemzar is known to lower blood counts dramatically, because of this I have to get my counts checked weekly and then again just before administering chemo to make sure they are not too low. Let’s go forward hoping for more weeks like the second and that Gemzar is doing its job.
The past three weeks haven’t been all bad; John Michael and I were able to celebrate his birthday on the 16th and mine on the 18th, with a slight detour for blood work on my birthday. Birthdays have become a very meaningful experience in the last three years, one that I do not take for granted.
Another meaningful day that I do not take for granted is the day my amazing husband and I were married, April 26th. We are truly partners in everything and enjoy even the little moments in life just because we are together. I could never begin to express the happiness and love he brings to my life each and every day. Happy Anniversary my love!
UPCOMING APPTS: (if blood counts are high enough)
Fri. May 4th: Dr. H & Chemo
Fri. May 11th: Chemo
Fri. May 18th: Chemo
