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So, there has been a bit of time since the last post. The chemo cycle that I had at the end of July was pretty bad, and the fact that I was still feeling it over the family reunion didn't help.
The reunion was fun, thought I am sure it would have been more fun if I hadn't felt so bad. As hard as it is for me to be feeling worse, it is even hard for me to have al of my family see that I am getting worse.
Work is work. I am finding it increasingly difficult to care though, between chemo brain, pain, and pain killers. I really need to snap myself out of this.
I had a friend come to Indiana for a spontanious visit, which was really cool. All we did was hang out, but that's pretty much what I am doing these days.
Went to the state fair with friends and had a good time. Didn't eat as much as I would have last year, but I am not eating much these days. We saw my grandma's blue ribbon winning quilt, and watched a draft horse pull, which was pretty neat.
I saw the doctor yesterday, and after discussing my last cycle with him, he cancelled my chemo. He thinks that the chemo drugs are no longer doing enough to make them worth taking, and based on last cycle, I pretty much agreed. He wants me to get a PET scan and then go back in to discuss where we go from here. I also got some continuous release pain meds, which I am hoping will help me sleep though the night with out having to get up to take meds and then wait while the start to work before I can go back to sleep.
The reunion was fun, thought I am sure it would have been more fun if I hadn't felt so bad. As hard as it is for me to be feeling worse, it is even hard for me to have al of my family see that I am getting worse.
Work is work. I am finding it increasingly difficult to care though, between chemo brain, pain, and pain killers. I really need to snap myself out of this.
I had a friend come to Indiana for a spontanious visit, which was really cool. All we did was hang out, but that's pretty much what I am doing these days.
Went to the state fair with friends and had a good time. Didn't eat as much as I would have last year, but I am not eating much these days. We saw my grandma's blue ribbon winning quilt, and watched a draft horse pull, which was pretty neat.
I saw the doctor yesterday, and after discussing my last cycle with him, he cancelled my chemo. He thinks that the chemo drugs are no longer doing enough to make them worth taking, and based on last cycle, I pretty much agreed. He wants me to get a PET scan and then go back in to discuss where we go from here. I also got some continuous release pain meds, which I am hoping will help me sleep though the night with out having to get up to take meds and then wait while the start to work before I can go back to sleep.