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Tag Archives: side effects
No toasts to my recovery for four months
I’m slipping a bit on weekly updates but that should mean the news is good – and for the most part, that would be an accurate assessment. The past week remained a roller coaster of recovery but with good signs … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, cancer recovery, chemo, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma, side effects, Stem cell transplant, stem cells
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Was that a corner I just turned?
Cancer treatment recovery is a tricky and stubborn cuss. There certainly are days I feel much better usually followed by a day or two of ‘will this ever end?’ But since my last update, just over a week ago, I … Continue reading
Yuck – the downward slide begins
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, day after my stem cells were returned to my system, nauseated, diarrhea, no appetite, no energy and a long way to go. That’s a downer but also reality. And again, this is day one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, Cancer, Chemotherapy, fatigue, Lymphoma, Neupogen, side effects, Stem cell transplant, stem cells
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Troops are amassing at the border
I have completed five of six straight days of chemotherapy treatment as of this morning (Sat.) with one to go today. I’ve been pretty accurate in describing what was to happen through this tear-down and build up process, but getting … Continue reading
Pushing Boundries; Making Things Happen
I’m excited for Monday. Monday starts the fourth week after my last chemo. And you see, I’ll be further removed from chemotherapy than any time this summer since my first treatment April 30. A week ago today, Aug. 1, I believe … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, chemo fatigue., Chemo reaction, fatigue, Non-Hodgkins B-Cell Lymphoma, side effects
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“It’s over!” 6 Chemos Down, Recovery Begins
I had my last chemo today! I had my last chemo today! I had my last chemo today! I wrote last week about all my friends who reminded me cheerfully that my last chemo was soon to be here and … Continue reading
Rounding Third, and Heading for Home
On Monday, July 20, I will have my final Chemo treatment. It seems that I was all wound up over No. 1 just yesterday. I never thought half a summer would go so fast just sitting at home for two … Continue reading
Paradox of Good Wishes & Reality
On April 25, my very first post to this summer journal and blog, I started with these words: “I don’t like it when friends, family say “I’m sorry.” “I have cancer. “There are three words no one ever expects to … Continue reading
Great News Followed by Worst Evening
I could quit with the headline because that’s pretty accurate. After my fifth (and second treatment on two-week rotation), I had big up and then down. The “official” CAT scan report, comparing to the one I had prior to first … Continue reading
Chemo 4: Sucky, Yucky, Expletive Deleted
So the apprehension I had built up for my fourth Chemo treatment Monday has proven to be for naught – so far. That’s not to say I didn’t have the usual unpleasant headaches and yuck because I did. But the … Continue reading
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