One More Chemo to Go! |
Mikey, Me and Robyn - Hey, my eyes are going in different directions. |
Monday I had my third chemo treatment. The traffic this time
around was pretty good. No downed motorcycles along the way. We left at 7:30 am
and got there at 9:10 am. Bud, Robyn and Mike came to this chemo day. It was
nice having my whole family there. After the last fiasco, I requested the nurse
I had on my first chemo - she was great. She got right into my vein with no
problems and blood wasn't going everywhere this time around. She even had the
cap screwed on correctly. What a treat to have someone that knows what they are
doing! First up was an hour of Taxotere with no side effects. Next was an hour
of Carboplatin with no side effects, and then came the Herceptin. For some
reason the Herceptin makes me cold. She slowed down the dose to an hour this
time and I didn't get the shakes like last time. It was all pretty uneventful.
My liver enzymes were a little off on my blood test. My ALT test was elevated.
The nurse said that can happen when you're going through chemo. I guess they
will keep an eye on that to make sure it doesn't go up any further. A high ALT
test could be a sign of liver damage so I'll be all over that one. I've been so
careful through the years - taking as low a dose as possible of my arthritis
meds to protect my organs and I'll be darned if I'm going to let chemo meds
take them down!
BudBud & Beppy |
After my treatment we stopped at El Torito for lunch. We all
know how I love to eat. Robyn and I were good though and we had the chicken
tortilla soup.
Here's to minimal side effects!
Cheers,
Beppy
Special thanks to my brother, George for driving out to
visit me last week. He spent the day with me and Peg and he took us out to
lunch. It was a great day and I really enjoyed spending time with my big
brother and sister! You are both awesome :)
Love you Sis!
ReplyDeleteYou are such a inspiration to me and I'm sure to everyone who reads this. You have a very gorgeous and loving family, and you look beauiful in these pictures♥
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