It has been a rough couple of days.
New side effects I haven't had before.
That's all.
.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
The Calm
It is the calm before the storm.
Today I woke up feeling pretty good. So I walked to kids to school.
That is one of my favorite things to do but usually I am too tired to.
It felt great.
Today is my 3rd big chemo round.
The storm.
It is a weird feeling to know what is coming. The sickness and side effects. But this being my 3rd one, means I am half way done with them. And on the 2nd of September I will be half way done with all my treatments.
And that feels great!
Today I woke up feeling pretty good. So I walked to kids to school.
That is one of my favorite things to do but usually I am too tired to.
It felt great.
Today is my 3rd big chemo round.
The storm.
It is a weird feeling to know what is coming. The sickness and side effects. But this being my 3rd one, means I am half way done with them. And on the 2nd of September I will be half way done with all my treatments.
And that feels great!
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Treatment
Some of you have asked what exactly my treatments are, so here is the breakdown:
Week 1 - I get 4 different drugs through my port. First they give me an anti-nausea medication called Zofran and a steroid called Dexamethasone. Then a drug called Taxotere, next is Cytoxan and one called Herceptin and last is Perjeta. In all in takes about 4 hours.
Then the next day I go back and get a shot called Neulasta.
Week 2 - This treatment is just one drug through my port again, this one is called Herceptin. This round only takes about an hour.
Week 3 - Same as week 2.
Then is starts all over again.
There is also all the medications to help with the side effects...
But they have side effects too.
I also go in the Thursday before week 1 and have my blood draw. They check the numbers and make sure I am well enough to have the big round of chemo. I also meet with my oncologist.
I remember doing a lot of research on all of these drugs and honestly the side effects scared me so much that I didn't want to learn any more. I hope they do what they are supposed to and don't cause too many long term side effects.
After 3 rounds, I will have another MRI and Muga Scan, which they will compare to the ones I had before I started chemo.
After 6 rounds, I will have surgery, most likely a mastectomy, possibly a double mastectomy.
Then I will have a year of Herceptin, every 3 weeks.
THEN I WILL BE DONE WITH THIS, NEVER TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN!!!!!!!
Week 1 - I get 4 different drugs through my port. First they give me an anti-nausea medication called Zofran and a steroid called Dexamethasone. Then a drug called Taxotere, next is Cytoxan and one called Herceptin and last is Perjeta. In all in takes about 4 hours.
Then the next day I go back and get a shot called Neulasta.
Week 2 - This treatment is just one drug through my port again, this one is called Herceptin. This round only takes about an hour.
Week 3 - Same as week 2.
Then is starts all over again.
There is also all the medications to help with the side effects...
But they have side effects too.
I also go in the Thursday before week 1 and have my blood draw. They check the numbers and make sure I am well enough to have the big round of chemo. I also meet with my oncologist.
I remember doing a lot of research on all of these drugs and honestly the side effects scared me so much that I didn't want to learn any more. I hope they do what they are supposed to and don't cause too many long term side effects.
After 3 rounds, I will have another MRI and Muga Scan, which they will compare to the ones I had before I started chemo.
After 6 rounds, I will have surgery, most likely a mastectomy, possibly a double mastectomy.
Then I will have a year of Herceptin, every 3 weeks.
THEN I WILL BE DONE WITH THIS, NEVER TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN!!!!!!!
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