Before I shut down my computer for the night I thought that
I’d make this quick post to keep my string of Sunday evening updates alive.
Whew, what a week!! After
a week of combination chemo and radiation that definitely had to be said. I’ve never had to deal with a week like that
before and I won’t mind if I don’t have to see anything like that again for a
while. The running back and forth had
Amy and I hopping to the point where on more than one occasion we almost turned
toward the wrong doctor’s office. I don’t
think I need to go into how interesting this made my work week.
All in all I held up pretty well with the different
treatments. My back is continuing to
improve although there’s no question that I have a way to go before the pain is
at an acceptable level. Therefore I
continue to use the Percocet on an as-needed basis. And so far there haven’t been any terrible side
effects to the chemo, or to the neulasta, so we’ll keep plugging away. Tomorrow is my final radiation treatment and we’ll be monitoring the pain levels in the coming weeks.
Instead of using every last sick/vacation day I have this
year on treatments and tests we decided to stand firm on trying to grab at least
5 days of real vacation this summer. I
have mentioned this trip on the blog before… we’re heading to Lake Tahoe and
Colorado on Saturday July 28. I can’t
wait to show Amy some of the Tahoe sites.
It’s been a while since I’ve been there and I know that a lot of South
Lake Tahoe has changed but I’m fairly sure that the lake itself is pretty much
in the same place (lame attempt at humor).
I’d be remiss if I didn’t make my parting LiveSTRONG plea
and thank you. Our fundraising totals
are continuing to climb as a team and we hope to be in the top 3 when all is
said and done. If you haven’t donated yet and can consider a donation of any size please click here to access my personal fundraising page. Thanks!
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