Chemo, take two

I’m doing well! After an extremely difficult start to my chemo treatment a couple weeks ago, I’m now back in treatment and doing much better.

The doctor originally started me on two different chemo agents at the same time, one by IV and one by pills. I was supposed to take the pills for two weeks, but after the first week my doctor stopped treatment because I was doing so poorly.

I had a week off to recover, and then started back on the pills at the beginning of this week (no IV meds this time). I was pretty sure that most of my difficulties were due to the medications administered by IV, not the pills, but there was no way to know that for sure.

I certainly expected nausea, and I was determined not to take any meds for the nausea because I didn’t think I was reacting well to those meds. (The first week I was on three different kinds of nausea meds, they weren’t working, and I’m pretty sure at least one of them was messing with my mood, on top of the mood issues I was having from a steroid in the IV.) So I got myself mentally prepared to puke a lot.

The first day – no nausea, but I figured it would start in a day or two. Second day – still no nausea; I was grateful for the bonus day, but figured it would start the following day. Third day – no nausea and I started allowing myself a little bit of hope, but didn’t want to jinx it. Fourth day – still no nausea and I started to actually think I was going to get through this.

It’s now the 5th day, and I still have 9 more days to take the pills before my first scheduled break. Nine days is a long time and who knows what will happen. But so far…I’m doing great!

I’ve been afraid to write this post because I’m superstitious, lol. But I wanted to let you know that I’m feeling good – KNOCK ON WOOD!