Feeling Pretty Good

This treatment has been better than last week. Yesterday was not to good. Today has been so much better. I still have NO energy but that is normal with chemo. The longer you go the worst it gets. Never thought I would love drugs but they really do help. I have to g back tomorrow for more treatment. Not to excited but it really does help. I am still alittle bit dizzy and yesterday I was dry heaving. (the worst) It was all at the Dr's so he took care of that.
Yesterday morning when I got up to get Nathan off to school you would have thought I had been on 3 day drunk. I was running into the doors and walls. It was weird. When I got up the second time the same it happened. Even Sunday I got up from the dinner table and hit the wall and the cupboard. Syd and Karli just busted out laughing. then Mike started. His back was to me but he heard it and turned around to catch me. It was pretty funny after I got the dizziness to go away. We try to laugh about it as much as we can. Lots of anul jokes around hear. Anyway on Monday Morning after all my stumbling I didn't dare try to walk to the kitchen so Syd brought me some Ensure and yogurt and I felt alot better. It is amazing what they can do with these drugs to help people. My family is still so awesome. I just love them more everyday. They still never complain. I also want to thank everybody who drives me to treatment. I have the greatest ward and friends in the world.

Had Better Weeks No Party for my week off.

This last week was my week off from treatment and it has been my worst week for a while. I have had worse but this one was just not very fun. I went in Monday for fluids and my blood was borderline low then. The rest of the week I just felt like crap, had bad diaria, and was dizzy again. I lost 5 lbs from Mon to Fri when I went back in for more fluids. I ate like a horse this week. I even ate alot of really bad food. (fattening) I told Julie and Carrie (my Nurses who I love) that this was party week. What happened? Every week off I have either been in the hospital or sick. They informed me that it is not a party week. Its the week for your body to try to heal and that all the good drugs have gone but that dang chemo just likes to stick around for awhile. On Friday my blood had came down 4 more points. I even took it real easy so it would come back up. You just never get a break from this. It is a 24/7 ordeal that you and your family have to deal with. We thought my Dr. was going to give me more Nupigine to help my blood but he said no. He wants it come up on my own. I even fevered last week but he wasn't to concerned over that.
On Monday which is my hard treatment he wants to try a different shot for my blood that he thinks will help it. I don't like to experiment to much because I usually get the short end of the stick. I just want to feel good for Thanksgiving. My last 2 hard treatments I really did well with them so I hope this one is the same. First of all I hope my blood came up so he will treat me. they said he would regardless but I always worry to much.
Hope you all have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. I know I am going to.

Chemo

Yesterday I had my hard dose of chemo. I have done wonderful. I am so thankful for the prayers that everybody has said for me. I know my doctor has been inspired by them to come up with just the right doses of nausea med that it has made it bearable. It is funny because not one of my doctors are LDS but they are so respectful of my church and customs. They ask questions sometimes about it so hopefully I have said the right things. I pray everyday that they will be prompted to listen to the spirit to come up with the right drugs so I can have good days. I know they have listened just because of the comments they make and different things they study to help not only me but other patients also.
I even went to the temple last week and was able to do initory, only 5 names before I got tired but I really loved being able to go again.
Next week is my week off so I am excited for the break. I am also at the half way mark for my chemo. It is wonderful to be able to count down. I still get really tired but I am able to help at home and I try to walk a little bit. Just glad I feel good enough to write in my blog. 'Thanks for all the comments you guys have left me. I love getting them.

Chemo on Nov 3

I have felt so good. This was my easy week. Only 2 drugs on this week. Next week I get the Eloxine Drug which I hate. I did OK with it last time though because of the new nausea drugs he tried. I have felt really good so far. Even vacuumed and dusted and did some laundry. You don't know how good it feels to be able to get up with out throwing up and do some work.. It has been almost 2 weeks since I have not thrown up. Yea.......I am even going to go to the State Volleyball tournament this weekend that Sydney is playing in. Dr. Ben Jacob was even going to sent me with his wheelchair because there is so much walking. It wears me out. I told him no that I would be OK. I drove myself into Hobby Lobby on last Fri just because I had never been in there and it looked huge. I decided it would be a gook place to walk. I never made it through the whole store before I got tired, but I will go back and keep walking. I have to get some strenght back. My muscle tone is pretty bad. I am just so thankful for all the prayers that everybody has done for me. I know without a doubt that is what has saved me. So thank you everybody and keep them up. I still have a long road ahead but I am over my halfway mark for the whole thing. No the chemo yet but I am getting closer.

Family Pictures Oct 2008

Family Pictures Oct 2008