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Hey all.
I just haven't got the hang of getting on this blogger thing every day or even every other day. Too many other things that take up my time I guess. But, I will try to write a little something. Not only about my cancer journey, but our homeschool journey as well.
This blog will be about my cancer journey though.
I have recovered from my mastectomy and have now gone through two rounds of chemo. At 14 days after the first chemo, my hair started coming out. So on day 16, I had my husband shave my head. 24 hours after each chemo treatment, I have to give myself a shot of Neulasta (a drug that helps build white blood cells). This shot has worse side effects then the chemo. Between 6 and 8 hours after giving myself the shot, the side effects start kicking in. These are joint, muscle, and bone pain. It's like having the worse case of the flu you've ever had. It hurts everywhere! I just tell all my family members that they can't even breath on me it hurts so bad. :-) The good news is that the effects only last about 48 hours. So the 3rd and 4th day are the worst. Haven't really dealt with a lot of nausea, but from the 3rd to the 6th day, whatever I eat gives me indigestion so I take Tums often.
One of the side effects of the chemo is that it could damage your ovaries, liver, kidney, heart, etc. Pain in my ovary areas is one of the side effects I'm having. I need to talk to my oncology nurse about this.
Anyway, that's the latest. I have chemo every 2 weeks. 2 down, 6 to go! I have met several other women in my church who are having surgery / chemo at the same time I am. It's great to be able to bounce things off each other and pray for others going through the same thing.
One other thing, a woman in my church was going through her stuff and found a bunch of her mother's chemo hats and scarves. I was given these along with 2 free wigs. God is good in providing for our needs.
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