Hello Family and Friends:
I have now completed my 9th infusion and it is starting to take it's toll on me. My blood work showed that my hemoglobin is down to 9.6. Normal is 13.5 to 16.5 and this explains why I am exhausted all of the time. I am trying to eat an Iron rich diet so that hopefully I can bring it up some before my next infusion. Also my kidneys are starting to show some stress so I am drinking lots of fluids to try to keep them flushed out and less stressed trying to get the chemo out of my system. For the first time I have a mouth sore and body sores. The body sores are very dry skin splitting at my finger tips and on my heels. I am keeping them lathered up with bag balm and this is helping as well as putting on industrial strength hand cream every couple of hours. I am thanking God that I have only 3 more infusions left and asking for help to get through them. 7 weeks from now I'll be through it and can then work on getting my strength back. Thank you for all of your prayers. I'll be back again soon.
Love, Dad (Al)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
2/3 the way home
Hello Family and Friends:
I had my 8th Chemo infusion last week and am now 2/3 the way to completion. The same side effects as usual, however, appear to be having a new one this time. Sore muscles and joints like the day after you have overdone it playing a sport or gardening. Nothing serious. Just annoying when I go to reach for something and it bites me. I'll live with it if that is all that I have to complain about. In my last blog I pointed out that Connie was flattened with Sciatic nerve problems. She is now up and about and improving but not enough to get back to school yet. Today is a no school snow day as we are in the midst of a northeast blizzard so she won't be missing a day of teaching today. Next Wednesday I have my 9th Chemo infusion and I'll keep you posted on how I make out with that one. Talk to you soon.
Love, Dad (Al)
I had my 8th Chemo infusion last week and am now 2/3 the way to completion. The same side effects as usual, however, appear to be having a new one this time. Sore muscles and joints like the day after you have overdone it playing a sport or gardening. Nothing serious. Just annoying when I go to reach for something and it bites me. I'll live with it if that is all that I have to complain about. In my last blog I pointed out that Connie was flattened with Sciatic nerve problems. She is now up and about and improving but not enough to get back to school yet. Today is a no school snow day as we are in the midst of a northeast blizzard so she won't be missing a day of teaching today. Next Wednesday I have my 9th Chemo infusion and I'll keep you posted on how I make out with that one. Talk to you soon.
Love, Dad (Al)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Picking Up Speed
Hello Family and Friends:
I am way behind in my blog. I finished my 7th infusion with my Neulaster shot in my belly on Christmas Eve. The usual exhaustion slowed me down somewhat, however, when Connie was changing a bed on Christmas Eve she twisted wrong and pinched her Sciatic Nerve flattening her. She spent Christmas day flat on her back and has been down ever since. Her Chiropractor appears to be making headway in getting her back on her feet, but has a long way to go before she is back at school. It won't be any time this week. Needless to say all of my time between power naps is taken up tending to her needs. Thank goodness I have an extra day between infusions this time so that I can take care of issues on the home front. I report at 8:30 AM this coming Wednesday for my next infusion and when that is completed on Saturday I'll be 2/3 the way through the regimen. Seems like I have been doing this forever and feeling crappy. I am looking forward to spring when it is over and I can get this poison out of my system and start feeling good again. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I wish all of you a healthy and prosperous New Year. Talk to you soon.
Love, Dad (Al)
I am way behind in my blog. I finished my 7th infusion with my Neulaster shot in my belly on Christmas Eve. The usual exhaustion slowed me down somewhat, however, when Connie was changing a bed on Christmas Eve she twisted wrong and pinched her Sciatic Nerve flattening her. She spent Christmas day flat on her back and has been down ever since. Her Chiropractor appears to be making headway in getting her back on her feet, but has a long way to go before she is back at school. It won't be any time this week. Needless to say all of my time between power naps is taken up tending to her needs. Thank goodness I have an extra day between infusions this time so that I can take care of issues on the home front. I report at 8:30 AM this coming Wednesday for my next infusion and when that is completed on Saturday I'll be 2/3 the way through the regimen. Seems like I have been doing this forever and feeling crappy. I am looking forward to spring when it is over and I can get this poison out of my system and start feeling good again. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I wish all of you a healthy and prosperous New Year. Talk to you soon.
Love, Dad (Al)
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