June 19th Update

Hey Ya'll!!

Chemo #6 was yesterday, today (the 19th) is my birthday!!

Recap thus far:
Chemotherapy 1-3 followed pretty much the same timeline, and same side effects. 4 kicked my butt with constipation, hot flashes, pain, and fatigue for what felt like forever. 5 I had a little bone pain, hardly noticed it, and only lasted the day, that was it. Just had 6, the benadryl hit hard, and I actually slept for a little over an hour during treatment, that's never happened before...

So far I'm in a love/hate relationship with neulasta on board today. She put it further back so I keep bumping it into everything, doesn't hurt, just annoying. And could not get to sleep last night do to it's super slow green strobe light/dying flashlight glow every 5 seconds, and the steroid &menopause hot flashes. Glad it's only on for a total of 29hrs, meds start at 27hr mark and run for around 45min to an hour, remove an hour after that. The neulasta has been doing its job though, and that's what really matters.

I'll have a scan in 5wks to see how chemo has worked. If all is well, I'll see my gyno oncologist team every 3mo for 2 yrs, then every 6mo for 3 more. (A total of 5yrs.)
If chemo hasn't done the job/hasn't finished the job in 6 treatments, we will discuss further treatment options.

Pics from yesterday/today can be seen here:
Helping Out


Have a great day!
CraftinWife