Saturday, January 18, 2014

Round 3 is Over!

Yesterday marked the end of Round 3.  It has been different than I anticipated.  No horrible hiccups this time.  I think I've learned to keep the nausea under control when it tries to fool me sneaking up in the guise of hunger pains.  The big change this time has been fatigue.  Not sleepiness, just simple, deep fatigue.  Thursday during chemo, I did nothing but kick back, close my eyes and sleep/rest on and off. Yesterday was slightly better, but sometimes the fatigue is so deep that reading emails and talking is just too much.  So, I have been taking it fairly easy.  We both crashed last night around 8:30 and called it a week!

I will post more soon, but wanted to give a quick update.  Looking forward to two weeks off and slowly building back to normal.  I meet again with the oncologist in a little under two weeks.  Interested in what he has to say.  He had mentioned the possibility of running a CT scan possibly before or during Round 4, presumably to get a visual of how things look on the inside.

Thanks as always for the comments, emails and cards.  We are doing well, things are looking great and, for the moment, it's a race to the end of chemo!

4 comments:

  1. Keep up the good fight. Glad to hear the finish line is in sight.

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  2. I am so glad things are looking good. Fatigue is not an easy side affect. (Is there an easy side affect?!) Especially when you are trying to work, be a husband and father, and live your life as normally as possible. Ugh. So sorry about that!
    Ashley

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  3. Wow. I don't know if I've experienced deep fatigue. Take it easy. Monday was a holiday and then yesterday and today school was cancelled because of snow. Too bad you haven't had excuses for an extra long weekend. Perhaps I should wish snow upon southern cali, so you can have a day where everything shuts down.

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  4. We are cheering you on SUPER MAN!! You have a huge cheering section in Boise! We sure love you. Thank you for the updates. I hope you can get past being so tired and be able to do all the things you love in the next couple of weeks. :) Trooper, Trixie and I say "HI" ((waving))

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