Saturday, January 19, 2013

Chemo--The real deal

So I had my first treatment cycle.  Day one was January 17th, 2013.  Everything went well.  It is now day three of the cycle and I feel "eh".  Not great, but not as bad as I was expecting.  Slightly nauseous, really tired, and just overall blah.  One thing that has been happening since I got in the car after the treatment was this crazy sneezing.  I've never been a sneezer.  People make fun of me because I try to hold it in.  I'm not sure what that will do with the chemo drugs, so I've decided to let it out.  This means a lot of germ-x and purell, and hand soap.

I'm supposed to journal my side-effects and symptoms, so I'm going to list some here.  This won't happen all the time, but I'm trying to give all of my lovely followers something to go off of.

Here's a picture of my "symptom journal"


Pretty basic.  I had my "fill" yesterday and I got evened out (finally).  My breasts have been lopsided for about a month now.  It feels a bit more normal.  

I will say, I feel like a ticking time bomb.  I'm just waiting for all of these horrible side effects to start.  I'm sure they will at some point.  The sneezing, exhaustion, headache, and nausea aren't exactly a picnic, but for some reason, I feel like I'm walking around with a sign that says "Hey--did you know I had chemotherapy on thursday?  check me out!"  So weird.  

I stopped into my old work, the YMCA, yesterday.  Saw my old boss--shout out to Claudia! She gave me a great care package, and if I'm not soft and comfy after what she gave me, then I never will be.  
Also, the Y gave me an awesome gift.  I'm not sure how working out will be during chemo, but their gift has allowed me to continue to do that without worry (if I'm up to it).  Even if I just stop in and walk on the track/treadmill for 30 minutes while Marie plays in kiddie country, It will be nice.  Troy has said he wants to get back in the swing of things for a while, too.  

I'm stocking up on thank you notes, so don't worry everyone, they will come.  

I love you all--friends, family, supporters, etc.  

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