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Thursday, April 4, 2002
Follow through on decision It was back to chemo today after a week off to think and recover. (my choice not doctors) I decided to go back to the Herceptin which has been quite effective but did cause my heart to fail. The doctor says we are taking a big risk but I feel like I do that with anything I put into my body at this point. At least I live a more normal life this way. My fingers and toes will hopefully heal and then we can try a different chemo drug in combination with the Herceptin. One of them has got to have side effects I can deal with. I have a month to get my body strong again then we add a chemo. It sure is nice having energy and a little bit of taste for now. Boy, that benadryl knocked me out today. I felt like I drank a very strong margarita! I was weaving out of the doctor's office! Now it is off to snuggle with my two favortie fellas. As my Dad used to tell me "sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite." Must be a Texas thing!
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Monday, April 1, 2002
Easter Pictures! The weekend started out with a trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa who were camping at Inks Lake State Park. Tait got to fish with grandma while we were there.
Then we went back to the lake house and Uncle Luke showed up, Tait was very happy to see him.
The next morning Dad and Tait caught a turtle on the trotline (they let him go!).
Saturday night I we all painted eggs, I even painted a few and so did my nephew, Emrys. We ended up with a ton of very cool eggs.
Sunday morning Tait had a great time finding eggs.
Easter What a great long weekend. We spent three nights at our lakehouse with both of our families at some time or another. I ate way too much but we really enjoyed cooking. I did not have treatment last week so my sense of taste has returned a bit. It is better than it was! i had a blast watching my son explore the outdoors, play with his extended family and hunt Easter eggs. All of us who dyed eggs are still walking around with multi-colored fingers! Our deviled eggs were quite colorful too. I really needed this time to think and get away. It is better to think with a clear head than one that is coping with the side effects of toxic drugs.
We skipped chemo because i have some decisions to make. I told my doctor I am miserable living the way that I am. With all the pain that I feel in my fingers, I am reminded from minute to minute that I have this disease. On other chemo's the side effects were more tolerable. I guess I got spoiled because I could live a more normal life. Now I need to make a decision to either try other drugs (which will have other side effects, hopefully different than the one's I am experiencing now) or go back on the Herceptin (no side effects other than heart failure which I already experienced.) Got a week to make a major decision. Got to get better so I can get to Jaden in November.
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