Better
Chemo still sucks but things do get better in between doses. So, I am working, some from home and some from the office, though that is very hard to do. Adding 2 hours of driving time to a day that I...
View ArticleThe Ornaments are off the Tree
I love having the tree up but more and more needles are falling. I took the ornaments off the tree but left the lights in place. We'll leave it that way for a few more days or even a week, then wrestle...
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I think we've found the formula
So much better than last cycle! IV fluids on the day of chemo, twice as much IV fluids the next day and wearing accupressure bands (like for seasickness) on my wrists seem to have made a world of...
View ArticleI look like a prisoner of war
Loosing my hair has been painful. Painful emotionally and physically. I had it cut short right before chemo started, as I mentioned in a previous post. After the second chemo cycle the hair started to...
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Completed hat!
The hat I have been working on recently is finished. It's called the Madreselva Hat . I wanted to use some handspun and I needed a warm hat, so ......I have received many little goodies and cards in...
View ArticleMy treatment
My treatment is broken up into several sections. I have 2 chemo drugs given together, in my case every 2 weeks for 4 weeks. Then I get another chemo drug every 2 weeks for 4 weeks. Then I will be...
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Mom arrives today!
My mother has been chomping at the bit to come down and help ever since I told her about my diagnosis. I wanted to get a few treatments under my belt and deal with them alone first before I had...
View ArticleHalf way through chemo!
I was scheduled for 4 cycles of one drug combo and 4 cycles of another drug to be given alone. I have completed the first 4 cycles! Some time in the next few weeks I will get an ultrasound of the...
View ArticleGetting ready
I am getting very nervous about this next chemo treatment. First of all, everyone says how much easier it it to tolerate if you don't have an allergic reaction. How often, then, are allergic reactions?...
View ArticleIt wasn't all that bad
I did not have an allergic reaction to the new drug. I was nervous enough that I told the infusion nurse that I was nervous and she gave me a little something to help me relax. In addition to the pre...
View Article6 down, 2 to go
I have 2 more chemo treatments to go! I didn't think I would ever get to this point for a while, but the end is in sight.I have been knitting a lot lately. The body of Shellseeker is finished and the...
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Shellseeker Sleeves
One sleeve is complete, the second has been started and is actually about 3 inches long! I tried the sweater on yesterday to check for sleeve length and my son (35 years old) admired it and the way it...
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Shellseeker
This is it so far. Unblocked, ends still dangling but only 1/2 sleeve to go and I love it. It feels great and fits well. Very nautical.
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Finished Shellseeker
Here it is! Finished! It fits well (even damp. I couldn't resist trying it on and it was taking too long to dry!) and is just the right style for me for cool evenings on or off the boat. I might make...
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Knitting and chemo progress
One more chemo Treatment to go!I am a bit more achy this time than last time. Vitamin B is suggested to minimized the neuropathy that is a side effect of Taxol. At my last visit, however, the doctor...
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Marion Tunic Beginning
I cast on for the tunic yesterday. I did, as usual, have some ripping to do but I still managed to complete 6 pattern repeats (of too many to count).Right now it is wonderful that the rows are 20...
View ArticleI am finished!!!!!
Chemo treatments are over! No more! Pretty soon I will be able to eat the things I have been having to forgo and starting right now I won't be making several trips to the infusions center every 2...
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Spring knitting
The side effects from the chemo have not left me yet. I have spent a lot of time sitting and knitting and watching TV, more than I had planned on. However, things are getting better. I actually worked...
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