Being cool with everything
I take a chemo pill one week a month to destroy a cancerous brain tumor. By the end of the week I am exhausted, tired and nauseous. And I’m cool with that. During the following weeks my strength returns and I start to feel almost normal. And I’m cool with that. By the third week of the...
A riddle
A married couple are exposed to the flu virus. She has a weakened immune system and is on chemotherapy. He’s a perfectly healthy guy in his 30s. Which one gets the flu? The “healthy” guy. Cancer girl got her flu shot.
Acknowledgement :)
I had my day 23 labs today and should start Temodar cycle 23 in about a week. I e-mailed my neuro-oncologist to remind him to check my lab work and refill Temodar, Emend and Kytril. This is what he wrote back: Hey, Liz. Your labs from 2/27/2011 look fine. I refilled cycle 23 temodar for you...
Only three months left
This is me, Bea, Toby and Erin laughing it up at a Glioma Girls get-together. (I stole this photo from Erin’s blog.) I figured it out. Tomorrow I start my 22nd month of Temodar. FTW!
What number am I on?
I am supposed to start another round of Temodar in about a week, but I can’t remember which number I’m on. I mean, I can easily go into my calendar, or look at past e-mails with my neuro-oncologist, but if I were to rely on memory right now I am teetering between number 20 or...
My platelets rock
OMG! Temodar cycle 21 starts next Monday (one week from now) and my platelet count is at the highest it has ever been during during chemotherapy. That is freakin’ amazing. (See chart above.) I always thought that after taking Temodar this long my body would be weaker than when I started. This is cool. I...
Four more left
Last night of round 20 (I missed a day so I’m ending chemo on a Saturday). I can’t believe I’ve taken this drug 20 times now. Will I get an award when this is all over? Will I get a ribbon or a certificate of achievement? How about a T-shirt that says, “I was on...
The morning routine
I wake in the morning at 6-ish to get ready for work. The first thing I do is take 1500mg of Keppra, 150mg of Vimpat, a birth control pill and an anti-nausea pill called Kytril. Why the anti-nausea pill? Oh yeah. It’s chemo week with Temodar. (Insert unenthusiastic “yeah” here.) The other day I had...
Chemo brain
Chemo brain = rinsing out my cereal bowl in the bathroom sink and putting a box of crackers in the refrigerator.
A call to arms
Temodar cycle 19 starts tonight. Brain tumor, listen up! I am taking you out!
Where do brain tumors come from? I want an answer
My posts have been few and far between over the past months because, well, I was preparing for my wedding. And I was working. And on chemo. So those are all good excuses. If you are still following along I appreciate your support and the time you spend reading about my world. It is weird...
