Day 35 - 11/13/18
7th Day after Chemo Energy levels today are pretty good. The waves have subsided drastically. There are definitely fewer of them, and the time span between them has significantly increased. This feels like the upswing stage of the chemo treatment. It’s a little too cold outside to go for a much desired walk, so I’ll have to settle for doing a little more housework. Since I had good luck with the taste of the smoothie yesterday, I’ll have another one for breakfast. Throughout
Day 34 - 11/12/18
6th Day after Chemo Today I find myself awake more. The waves are still coming, but they do appear to be shorter, and there is definitely more time in between them. This gives me more opportunity to evaluate how I’m feeling—physically. I want to move around more, so I begin to do a little housework. Nothing too strenuous, but just enough to get me going. My research of the "rash" instructs me to keep it moisturized. Of course I don't have any unscented lotion. That would be t
Day 33 - 11/11/18
5th Day after Chemo After innumerable sleep and wake cycles, I am very cognizant of waves… Waves of pain… Only it doesn’t really feel like any pain I’ve experienced before. And it doesn’t really “hurt”… The only description that I can give, right now, is that it feels like euphoria in reverse. I am very aware of “feeling”, but I can’t describe what I’m feeling. The reason I’m trying so desperately to describe it is because, throughout this whole process, I wanted to know what
Day 31 - 11/9/18
3rd Day after Chemo I didn’t write about the 2nd day after chemo because it was basically a repeat of the 1st day. I still didn’t have any strong symptoms, and I continued with the preventive nausea medications. I rested a little more, but all in all, it was a pretty simple day like the 1st day. The only notable thing was that I couldn’t get enough to eat. It seemed like I was hungry CONSTANTLY. Today, however, I’m feeling a little more nauseous. And more tired than I have be
Day 29 - 11/7/18
1st Day after Chemo I wake up today looking for any symptoms that the chemo medication is in my body. I’m feeling a little tingling in my fingers and toes and a very little nausea. Actually, I wouldn’t call it nausea at all, but just a little funniness in my stomach. The goal is to attack the nausea before it actually turns into nausea, so I begin my medication regimen with the nausea medication. Next is the over-the-counter help for neuropathy, and then on to the steroids. W
Day 28 - 11/6/18
Chemo Treatment # 1 - Day 1 The day is finally here! It feels a little surreal because I’ve been anticipating this from the day I got the diagnosis. And it’s finally chemo day. It might seem strange that I’m excited about it, but knowing this is significant to the beginning of my physical healing is exciting to me. My reality is there are actual cancer cells growing in my body, and I’m ready for them to be evicted. And today’s the day that process begins. I packed my bag last