One ..... hear me ... One to go!!!!!

I went in today and I have a urinary tract infection.   :(   And I had a little temperature, but chemo was still a go.  All my numbers looked pretty good.  White count fell some (2.8), but still okay for chemo.  Next Thursday I go in and get the filter taken out that was put in for the blood clots.  I'm a little nervous about that .... then Friday ... THE LAST ONE!!! Hopefully, once chemo is done all these side effects will go away like the burn on my nose, the congestion in my nose, the tingling in my feet and hands and the burn on my hands.  It will feel good when they all go away.   Keep me in your prayers that my numbers stay good enough for treatment.  Take care and I thank God for you every night!!!

Two to go!!!!!!!!

Well, my blood count numbers were fine and I had another chemo today.  TWO left.  Can't wait to get it all done.  I didn't have to take very many pain pills this week.  My nose is really plugged and has been for weeks so they did do a CT scan on my sinuses, but they were not infected.  Now I have some spray to put in there and hopefully that will help.  My poor nose is so sore and now I have to put vaseline in it to try and heal it.  My INR is low so now I have to start giving myself the shots in the stomach twice a day again.  Yuk.  Just until next Friday.  I refuse to do it any longer because they are $200 for 2 weeks and we cannot afford that.  So, he better get the dosage of the pills correct soon.  My appetite is really good and I think that helped keep my numbers up.  Pray I get through these last two with minimum trouble.  We're almost there!!!!!

Nine down ..... 3 to go!!

Well, got to have a treatment and I'm finally down to 3 left.  Hopefully, they will go by uneventful.  Stayed at Toby and Diane's house this weekend and Diane found a bunch of food that I can tolerate.  I was eating really well and if I can keep that up, maybe these last treatments won't be so bad.  Had a nice heart to heart with the dr. and he explained some things to me and while I would have loved to not have a treatment this time, it is important to have it because some of the chemo can lose it's effectiveness if the treatments are too far between.  I certainly don't want that to happen so we did a treatment on Friday.  I don't want to miss any more either.  I'm ready to be done.  Thanks again to all of you for your support and prayers ... we are getting near to the end .... thanks for hanging in there with me.  :)

Eight down ... Four to Go (It didn't happen)

Well, the treatment finally took a toll on me this week.  It was the worst week so far.  Tried to eat, but my stomach had other ideas ... just about everything came back on me.  I took more pain pills than ever and it was just plain miserable.  Dr. J. decided I needed at least a one-week break to recoup my body and build it back up so I can take these last four treatments.  He gave me some new medicines for nausea.  Hope that helps.  So, we're still at 8 down, 4 to go, but I will get there.  I haven't been known to take the easy way, so why start now.  Looking forward to having this behind me.  One disappointment is that Dr. J. would like me to get all my treatments out of the way before I go on a vacation, so Colorado is on hold until August. Thanks for all your support.  Happy Mother's Day to all you moms!!