Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Only 3 left

YAY!

Well I am in the home stretch now and have started my last four rounds of a new drug-Paclitaxel. And I must say, so far so good. Not nearly the same side effects as far as the follow up nausea and tiredness...of course that I specifically attribute to the fact that I was pumped full of steroids yesterday, so much so that the mega doses of benedryll that they gave me as well didn't knock me out. Which surprised the nurses some.....not me, I believe I have mentioned that I don't do steroids well and that is definitely still the case since I was also only able to sleep in short spurts last night and not do my usual pass out for 12-13 hours!

Anyway, as I said, feeling pretty good really, just waiting for the cool front to come through and make stepping outside an activity that won't bowl you over! That and waiting on Ed's sister's family to get into town. His parents arrived yesterday for the week but his sister's family got delayed in Detroit where their plane was grounded due to mechanical failure!!!! They spent the night there and then had to get up and fly to Atlanta early and then connect to fly here. At this point in time we hope they are on the ground here and headed to the car rental place and then the hotel to relax. And then meet up with us as our girls are literally bursting at the seams with excitement to see their cousins for the first time in four years!

So I may not get a chance to post again until later this week but thank you all for your prayers and good thoughts sent my way, they continue to help and mean so much.

Blog ya later-
K

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dear K, I don' know a whole lot about Chemo and nothing about your new drug. It is probably strongly attacking your bone marrow stem cells(greater effectivness/less side effects/more pain). I can only tell you to hang in there and curl up into a ball if you have to. You truely are finding out who really loves you. 3 weeks can be an eternity to endure, but when you look back.............well, it sort of sounded nicer. I know you can make it. Louis