Category: Overcoming Cancer

Hiccups already? Crikey!

HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! HICCUP! I had almost forgotten about these wonderful visitors. Here it is 1:30 in the morning, and I had gotten up to blow my nose, go to the bathroom (remembering to flush the toilet twice), and then was going to take …

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When the going gets tough, …

… The tough get going! Two weeks ago, when we found out that it would be better to NOT get a Neulasta (Growth Factor) shot for my white blood cells, the doctor implied it would be okay since my neutrophils were at 6,800. Today, we were looking at a much different picture with only 800 …

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Feeling normal again

It’s nice to know that I am 25% of the way through my chemo, and it’s also nice to have the drugs out of my system and feel normal again. My appetite is returning, and the nausea is becoming a memory for the next 9 days. I feel good.

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