As the first round of chemotherapy was coming to an end… I spent my 11th chemo infusion with both of my parents. While Austin (my husband) worked from his laptop in the lobby, my parents and I had our “coffee date” and chatted about being almost done with my first round of chemotherapy. If you have been following along, I was originally scheduled for 12 chemotherapy infusions with the first chemotherapy drug (1x per week). I was then scheduled to have a 2 week break before beginning my second round of chemotherapy. So at this point I was just really looking forward to my 2 week break, however at the same time just wanted to rally through and get the second round over with…
By chemo #11 my hair was VERY thin, I was feeling pretty fatigued and I began to notice the side effects of the steroids. I was starting to get “puffy” or swollen looking and my skin was white and dry. This is when I began to notice that chemotherapy is really just poison and you hope to God that it kills the cancer before it kills you.
The second round of chemotherapy was supposed to be even worse. They call it A/C- with worst side effects and more complaints from patients who have been through both. So something to look forward to…
After chemo #11 I stuck with my plan to keep my life as normal as possible, so this week we ice skated on the lake and went up to the mountains to snow board. The fresh air and activity did me good.
Now, one more to go….
Mandafit 