A Humorous Look at the Bright Side of Cancer... and There Is One
I went to my Taxol chemotherapy treatment this morning, complained once again about the rash, had blood drawn, got pre-meds dripped into my veins, prepared for the Taxol infusion, and then heard loud and clear from my liver. Apparently, the liver becomes toxic if you feed it too many poisons. On a scale of 1-50, […]
Continue Reading »When I first brought up the rash a month ago to anyone who would listen, one nurse was convinced it was the Lapatinib, one doctor suggested it could be Taxol, and another nurse thought it could be a reaction to a new supplement I’m taking. The oncologist admitted he’s not sure which particular thing is causing it. […]
Continue Reading »To scratch or not to scratch… that is my major health decision lately. This rash is driving me crazy. I know, I know, those of you who know me are saying to yourself, “Crazy… that’s new, how?” After I do scratch, the next decision I need to make is whether to use aloe vera or coconut […]
Continue Reading »When people ask me what I did for Halloween, I will have to admit that I got an aloe vera massage. Our whole family was invited to a party of chili, hot chocolate, and good times, and we looked forward to it all day. I decided to take a nap first. Chemotherapy was taking it […]
Continue Reading »Yesterday began my “free week.” Yippee. When I first heard that I would be doing the IV portion of chemotherapy (Taxol as opposed to the Lapatinib horse pills) every week for three weeks and the fourth week would be my “free week,” I thought it was a crazy idea. “Let’s get this all done and over with,” I thought […]
Continue Reading »A couple of weeks ago when I started the Lapatinib (a chemotherapy regimen given by mouth rather than intraveneously), the clinical trial nurse told me the side effects, how I needed five [horse] pills daily, and if I got them on my skin, to “remember that it’s still a chemotherapy drug” and wash my hands […]
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I don’t recommend it. Not if you want to win, that is. Yesterday, my youngest son, Jonathan, came to my Taxol infusion with me (he’ll do anything to get out of school, won’t he?) and we played Canasta for three solid hours. Normally, I’m sharp as a whip and can beat his hiney, but yesterday, […]
Continue Reading »Since last Wednesday, I’ve been basking in the glow of the nice words of my new photographer/writer friend (the one that told me how stunning I looked in red). Guess all the compliments went to my head and I needed to be taken down a few notches… yesterday, all my eyebrows fell out.
Continue Reading »I’ve mentioned that I’m suddenly dealing with a rash. I’m a bit self-conscious about it, maybe even more than the fact that I have no hair on my head. I know that chemotherapy, at least in theory, is supposed to possibly save my life (sounds like I’m still having second thoughts about putting all this poison […]
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