9/27/12

Blahhhh don't want to talk about it

9/24/12

Feet r still swollen but putting them up with ice was good. Thank u Linda Linda for the compression sock reminder. Daniel didn't know I was wearing them until we almost went to bed. He thought I was playing soccer.
Thank you Linda for doing our laundry n being a seattle fan so that I had some rivalry smack talk during football game!! Muah.

9/23/12

What doesn't hurt today? My feet r swollen but not as humongous as my right foot is. Not sure if it was a bug bite or the heat yesterday and I in tennis shoes, or lack of exercise this weekend. Left knee still hurts so I now have ice on my knee and my foot. Not a bad week.
Starting herceptin treatments this Thursday at 2pm. Oncologist said 36 treatments to stop the spread of tumors because I am HER2 positive. I have decided to go ahead with radiation treatments. I'm not done with being in pain. I'd like to live longer and no pain no gain. Where's my Mc Dreamy? He's right here fighting by my side. Just like those that r reading this.

9/12/12

This chemo treatment is kicking my ass. I am more aware of mouth sores than ever. Have to scrape my tongue just to get the film off. I drink water constantly but don't really enjoy it. I gained so much weight with this breast cancer crap. For those of you who think that chemo makes you sick all the time, for me I'm a special case. I am naseaus but I know when to take my meds to be ahead of the nasty nasty. Tonight daniel gave me my last Neuprogen shot in my hip. (photo below) I hated that shot with a passion. Took it for 5 days on the 3rd day after chemo. It made my joints ache, hard to sleep. I want to thank god for daniel n his patience with me throughout all this, especially that shot!! He made it fun by putting on music, making me talk about something else n spanking me on my hip... Meow. Thank you mom, her friend Jules and Linda Linda for donating to my 2 hr lymphatic massage at tranquil massage in san Ramon. Love it!!!!

9/10/12

Had a good time yesterday playing cards with Danny n fred. Wish I had felt better. All day on couch moaning n groaning. Fighting flu like symptoms that herceptin gives off. No more chemo as of last Thursday. Think they jacked up dose cuz I feel worse than ever. Constipated now but farting, yay me. Today had 2 Nd opinion with radiologist. She also stresses 5 weeks of radiation. We went over risks n I'm only concerned with the heart failure one. Daniel went with me as my 2 Nd pair of ears. He let me attempt to eat what I wanted today but I only enjoyed chocolate milk, mashed potato, biscuit and sprite. I'm nursing a 99.2 fever n keeping an eye on it. Don't know what I'm going to do yet. I have few weeks to decide.

9/7/12

Poopy all day. First time this whole chemo cycle. Normally I'm stopped up. Hmm. I did eat some meals today. Yay me.
Twitching report: left bicep, right chest port, left eye (taking eyedrops for that)
Compression socks tomorrow for my fat ankles!!!!

9/7/12

And so symptoms of chemo begins. Had a good chemo day yesterday and good appetite. Took ambien to get some good rest.
Now, feeling constipated and I go relieve myself from both ends. Now that's multi tasking at its finest!