Thursday 18 March 2010 Cycle Eleven, Day Fifteen, Treatment THREE

Well today was a nice quite uneventful Date with Baxter (my Chemotherapy medication pump friend) only took one nurse one try to get the IV started.

My allergies are acting up big time---I'm hoping that they wont interfere with my treatments again this year like they did last year.

I'm so tired all the time, it seems that the further along I go in treatment the more tired I get. Seems like I sleep more than I'm awake these days.

~~Jann
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Thursday 11 March 2010 Cycle Eleven, Day Eight, Treatment TWO

Well today was a nice quite uneventful Date with Baxter (my Chemotherapy medication pump friend) only took one nurse one try to get the IV started.



My allergies are acting up big time---I'm hoping that they wont interfere with my treatments again this year like they did last year.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Thursday 04 March 2010 Cycle Eleven, Day One, Treatment ONE

well it was one heluva day for sure.
my DR appt was for 1:30 we got there early and were seen on time by the Doctor. then we checked in for Chemo and sat there for almost an hour waiting and waiting and waiting----finally one of the Chemo nurses came in and said did you check in ---I looked at my watch and said almost an hour ago----then jokingly I said it was the receptionist fault (turns out it was). Fortunately the Chemo gals all know me, had seen me sitting there and checked into it. Shortly after that, they came and took me back. took two nurses three tires to get in ----- boy am I going to be black and blue for a while. then 15 min (not 30 like it is supposed to be) after I'd been given my Steroids medication, they wanted to hang my Chemo drug and I said NO----the gal in the chair next to me backed me up on that one (giggle). so then my nurse asked me to watch the clock for her and I said OK----knowing full good and well that my alarm would go off when it was time due to the fact that's when my next bottle of water was due to be drank .. Other than a little burning sensation after that everything went according to plan. Didn't get out of there till about 5PM that means it most definitely takes an hour to get home.

Quote of the Week: All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.-- Samuel Butler

Thursday 25 February 2010 Cycle Ten, Day Twenty-two, Treatment NONE

This is my week OFF from treatment. YEAH!!!! All I want to do is sleep, makes it hard to watch the Olympics other than that nothing to report.

Quote of the week: In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. -- Bill Baughan

Thursday 18 February 2010 Cycle Ten, Day fifteen, Treatment Three

Well another uneventful boring day at chemo. OK so I told you last week that I needed to do something to make Chemo interesting ------ so this week I took Keep-Her (my service dog) with me, as she had been freshly bathed and was all clean. Everyone wanted to pet her and play with her, instead of doing their work. She’s such a suck up for loving and pets, that it didn’t take a whole lot of encouragement from them. Once I was settled in the chair I allowed her to visit. At one point I knocked my water bottle of my little table and without being asked she got up and picked it up for me ----I told her she was just showing off ----I got a big toothy poodle grin from her. She got all the oos and awes she was looking for. Silly girl.

I’m exhausted as usual, seems to be the story of my life these days. My blood counts are still within acceptable ranges so no excitement there either.

QUOTE of the WEEK:
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -- Buddha

Thursday 11 February 2010 Cycle Ten, Day eight, Treatment Two

Well another uneventful boring day at chemo. I tried to think of something to do to create a little excitement----sigh-----everyone told me I had to behave………Although it did take the nurse two tries to get in---I told her that after two years of doing this weekly the veins are getting good at playing Hide-n-seek The nurse just LOL at me and said “well they are trying to at least, but *I* won.”

I’m exhausted as usual, seems to be the story of my life these days. My blood counts are still within acceptable ranges so no excitement there either.

QUOTE of the Week: Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. -- Lou Erickso

Catch up---

When one is boring it's really hard to post that there is really no news. the week of 27 January 2010 was my OFF week, so nothing happened there. I had hopped to go on a mini vacation since I had no test and/or treatments for a nice stretch of time---but all my drivers were otherwise busy and couldn't take me any where.

Last week 04 February 2010 was my first week of the next cycle. I'm starting cycle 10. Saw the Dr and he said it was OK to do the next session. The tumor is staying the same---it's not shrinking nor is it growing----so just hanging in there and existing. I do wish it would go away

QUOTE:Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -- Buddha