I haven’t had any major events to blog about over the last few weeks, so I’m putting what I do have together into one post. Continue reading »
Oct 212015
Julie
Oct 132015
I spent most of the day Monday going from one doctor to the next trying to figure out what to do for nutrition. Continue reading »
Oct 102015
But I’m going to try anyway.
Last Monday, I started feeling really flushed and bloated after all of my tube feedings. On Tuesday (chemo day), I cut back on my morning feeding. As soon as I got the feeding through the tube, I began vomiting. Continue reading »
Oct 022015
Because of the location of my tumor, my surgeon was unable to do my feeding tube surgery laparascopically, so I woke up on Tuesday afternoon in a lot of pain. Continue reading »
Sep 282015
I’ve spent the last week working with the radiation oncologists to try to control the pain from the radiation therapy. They started out giving me Tylenol 3. That did next to nothing to ease my pain, so I added in some ibuprofen. Continue reading »
Sep 232015
The pain from the radiation therapy has left me unable to sleep at night and the narcotics (which aren’t really helping much) are making my head fuzzy, so I finally had to admit that I can’t continue to work right now. Continue reading »
Sep 212015
My throat is on fire! Even ice water burns going down. And I can’t even think about taking a bite of solid food. The last few days have been rough. Continue reading »
Sep 152015
Round two of chemo started today (four more to go after this round). Today was my long day because they had to give me lots of fluids and two separate meds (Cisplatin and Etoposide). Continue reading »
Sep 092015
This was supposed to be another good week (round two of chemo is next week), but it hasn’t been great so far.
My headaches have returned. Continue reading »
Sep 032015
I feel pretty good for someone who has cancer. The fog has lifted from my brain so I can actually work without second guessing myself. Continue reading »