Starting chemo right before Memorial Day made for a long 3 weeks. During the last week and a half of the round, I really didn't feel well at all, with a fair amount of nausea and stomach cramping. I also had some pretty bad headaches and just felt tired, and I had some problems with pink eye again for a couple of days. It took a while for my counts to bottom out, but I ended up getting 3 platelet transfusions and 3 blood transfusions. This stuff happens every time and generally, I feel better after I get in what I need.
I go in to the doctor in Missoula again next Tuesday to make sure everything is tracking well and to talk about what is hopefully my last round of chemo which at this point, is scheduled to start on 7/11. I thought I had 2 more rounds left, but I'm really hoping that this is it. It's not that doing the chemo is that difficult. Some days are pretty rough, but it's no worse generally than having the flu. It's just, each round is so unpredictable, and the infections that I have had, are somewhat unique and I just never really know how things are going to turn out- will it be easy, or will I be miserable?
The next couple of weeks off should be nice. We'll be heading over to Seattle for the 4th of July and later that week, we'll be meeting up with some friends in Yellowstone. I'm looking forward to both of those trips.
Life in general has been somewhat boring, so I haven't updated in a while. Getting away from the cancer stuff, it has been really great to spend extra time with Remi, especially since it seems like she's growing so much every day. She's always had a lot of personality, but interacting with her and showing her new things and seeing her curiosity is really great to me. She is such a chatterbox and although most of what she says is "Remi language," it is really fun to be able to communicate with her. Some of her favorite things to say are "da ball!", cheese, shoes, bye bye, hi, Daddy, dog, "more, peas", brownie, bunny, P, "Bapper," Cookie, Elly, etc. When the dogs bark, she likes to follow them and say "woof woof woof!" Seeing her personality develop even more and seeing her learn new skills is just plain awesome.
Nap time is over, so until next time, I hope you have a great weekend and weeks ahead!
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