Deb, Good luck with the trial. Mike and I are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.

 

Good luck Deb, you know we're praying for you.

 

Deb, may the trial be a success for you! In my prayers always.

Mike

 

First treatment down! Extremely stressful day.......but I have the world's greatest guardian angel looking after me

Aside from the needle they shoved into the top of my arm, there was no pain......no chemo "burn" so that's a plus - but I also know that most of the crappy side effects don't hit you right away so I'm sort of just holding my breath. I keep looking at my skin, hoping each time I roll up my sleeve, the spots will magically vanish.......yeah so far, that hasn't happened, lol. When I told the nurse that the needle in my arm was still hurting 10 minutes after she put it in, she asked me "do you want me to move it to another vein?".......ummmm, lets see......NO!!!!!!!!!! A warm compress took care of the aching.

But I've made it through the first treatment and am scheduled for at least two more (for now) so the next one is in three weeks. I sure hope this stuff works.

As always I can't thank you all enough for all the prayers and support and for following the chronicles of my journey - y'all are a great bunch!!!!!

 

Hang in their kid . Your in our prayers always

 

I can pass out from the sight of a needle

Well i hope it continues to go well

 

Way to stay strong Deb!

 

Wonderful day Deb, May GOD continue to bless you b/c you said it right earlier... "May GOD have mercy on me" HE loves to hear that from us.

 

Great news Debbi! I've ALWAYS thought it only fair that when some medical professional sticks us with something that hurts us we should be given the opportunity to return the favor and stick THEM with something! Sort of "and eye for an eye" thing,LOL. We're ALL prayin' for you in this endeavor Deb, and hope that it's your turn around in this fight of your's for good health and a long life.

 

That's good news, keep on hanging in there!
You have a lot of prayers and thoughts surrounding you!

 

Hang tough Deb , you know my number if you need anything .

 

Well, at least it has started now, and you're finished with the first treatment. With all the stuff you've been through so far, a few more needles isn't going to stop you. Just remember, nothing has changed!!! We are all still wishing you the best, and praying for your recovery.

 

So? How are the treatments going? How are you feeling? Are things going as expected? Better then expected I hope???

 

sorry Kym, I should have posted sooner.

So far with one treatment under my belt, I feel decent. A little abdominal pain (like a tummy ache), an increase in hot flashes (which SUCK!) that were finally subsiding from the radical chemo.....at any given time I get the urge to rip all my clothes off and some fatigue (nowhere near as bad as last time - just a general feeling of "blah", I don't feel like doing anything kind of tired).

So I have to say that "so far" its going just slightly better than expected but I know better than to think "whew, I can handle this". It took at least two or three treatments last time for the really horrible side effects to kick in. The big one that they watch for is the peripheral neuropathy (tingling or loss of feeling in the fingers and toes) - last time I dealt with it until I lost my fine motor skills, then made the doc cut out the drug that was causing it. Now I have all the feeling back and all my motor skills back and I'm told to expect it again - I'm really hoping to escape this one this time around.

But I gotta say that overall, I feel pretty good after the first treatment and after about a week I immediately started seeing results. Combined with some sunshine, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if every one of these marks was gone after the second treatment. Sadly though, the longer they have been on my skin, the more likely they are to leave scars in the form of a dark pigment so I have lots of battle scars but that's a small price to pay.

Ideally I'd like to hear that its finally under control so that by the end of the summer I can go back to work!

 

 

 

Deb, it must be working because those first symptoms you are experiencing like hot flashes and wanting to rip your clothes off happen to me all the time, so you're getting back to normal.

 

So far this sounds good. Keep us posted Deb, cause you can see we are all checking in on your progress. A few freckles on you won't matter to us.

 

Thanks for the update Deb! Sounds like you are dealing with the new treatment as well as can be expected (you're in new territory to us all now ya know!) and we hope to have a happy and feelin' good Deb for Turtle Day! If you are tired we'll help ya lift the heavy ones.

 

Best wishes Deb and remember we're all pulling for you.