Today is the Friday following my Monday Taxol chemotherapy treatment. This was the first treatment of this chemo, and I thought it would be a piece of cake compared to the Adriamycin/Cytoxan combo. It's not easier at all....just different.
At Monday's treatment they discovered that my red cells were still low, so on Tuesday I got to have my normal Neulasta shot for my white cells and I got another shot for the red cells. Fortunately, my nurse Cam is as gentle as can be, and she found a way to make the pain minimal. Both shots are thick and come right out of the refrigerator. The combination of those two things can make the administration pretty painful.
By Wednesday I was dragging. On Thursday I knew firsthand what they meant by "you might experience fatigue." Fortunately I have more energy today. I've lost a total of 10 pounds since chemo started. No more muffin top! Woo hoo! I promised Clayton that if my weight loss got to 15 pounds that I'd get serious about forcing myself to eat. Right now, I'm lovin the chemo-induced diet plan. I eat 3 meals a day, just not a whole lot at any one sitting.
I have a call in to the doc to find out what I can take for my new 'freckles'. He had already seen the red bumps on my legs, but now they are ten times worse, and they itch like crazy. They have spread from just the bottom of my legs to the entire surface of my legs, my stomach, my arms, and my back. Help!
All in all, I'm still hangin in there. I still feel like it could be much worse. Just three more chemo treatments to go. I guess radiation starts about 2 weeks after that.
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