6/8/16

From Jan:

Today I'll get day 3 of my pink chemo.  I feel good, if I didn't have this pump hanging around my neck like a messenger bag I would definitely be back at work.  However the tubing that goes from the bag, to up under my shirt up to my port tends to get snagged on drawer pulls and I worry about that so I'm home bound and bored.  Really, really bored. The big excitement of my day is going to Utah Cancer Specialists to get the bag of chemo switched out each day.

Right now the best thing about chemo week is they give me a different anti nausea drug called Aloxi through my port that doesn't make my hands tremble like the Zofran I take by mouth during the other two weeks.  My hands are totally steady and close to normal and that's a pretty big deal for me.  So this week is turning out to being the best week as far as feeling like my pre-cancer self.  I'm missing being at work and my normal routine.

This week through this coming Monday I should feel good and would love company when I'm not at chemo.  So today, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and Monday please call or text to find a time to come see me and break up my monotonous long days of watching tv.  Starting Tuesday I'm afraid I'll start feeling awful again if the last two sessions are an indication of what is normal.  Thank you to the friends and family who have come to visit.  And thanks to the wonderful people who drive me to chemo and who are bringing me dinner and those who have dropped off Gatorade or Propel.  Those drinks really help me through the nausea to keep electrolytes in my system.  

I will be having a CAT scan on the 23rd to see if the tumors are continuing to shrink.  This will determine if I have six or eight sessions of chemo, so prayers would be very much appreciated.  Thank you for all the prayers and good thoughts directed my way.  Love you all - Jan.