Thursday, October 4, 2007

Day 2 after Chemo #5

With all the excitement around the newspaper article and the increase in fundraising activity, I forgot to update everyone on how I am doing! Sorry!

I am doing well - at work yesterday and today. And feeling normal.
Remember - I am on a new drug now, Taxol, and they assured me that this drug does not cause nausea..........well, I guess they were right (at least so far). I have been taking no anti-nausea meds and have not felt on ounce of nausea and have been eating just fine! They still predict that I will have the Steroid crash, because they did give me steroids intravenously before treatment on Tuesday. But, I am not taking the anti-nausea drugs that had the steroid in it like last time. So, I am not sure if the crash will be as bad as the previous drug. Will keep you posted on that.

A weird little side-effect that has shown up - my thumb nails are sore. It's hard to describe the feeling - not tingling or numb - just sore. hmmmm They did say a side effect could be losing your nails (yuck - that grosses me out) but I am taking Vitamin B6 to help prevent that. So - I am hoping I am not losing my thumbnails!

I did get iron pills yesterday, to help with my anemia.

My sister, Jackie, flies in this afternoon to stay for the weekend! I am excited to see her. She is looking forward to spending "crash day" with me, watching movies! She has 3 kids under the age of 5 - so a movie day to her is heaven! Little does she know - that my 2 kids under the age of 4 will not let her watch a movie in peace!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

You are awesome!!! Keep up the good work my star fighter! Love, dad

Kristin said...

That is so strange about the nails...I hope you have an awesome weekend with your sister - even if it is crash day!