First Treatment Abraxane

This first chemo took me a few days to recuperate from.  Today is the first day I've really been up moving around or doing much of anything other than what I absolutely had to do.  The chemo really wiped me out and I had some ongoing stomach pain that is a combination of the treatment side effects, liver metastasis and bone metastasis in my ribs.

Brain MRI Results

The nurse called....

BRAIN MRI SHOWS NO CANCER!

YAY!

Brain MRI video

Curious about brain MRI process?

The techs agreed to take some pictures and a video(in next post), enjoy.

MRI today?

Just got a call from my doctor's office saying my MRI is scheduled for today...2 hours from now. I asked why today and told her I had a house full of prior from Home Depot and she said she was told it was urgent.  Urgent?  That doesn't help me feel any better about this.

A lot going on today

I decided I didn't want to try to do the heavy cleaning, so I used the cancer card and called on Cleaning for a reason.  They are here now and are doing a great job so far.  You can even see Katie's floor!

Volunteer Calendar

I set up a volunteer calendar. Right now there are only a couple of days available. The times have not been put in either,because nothing is locked in. They won't schedule them out until they find out how well the first treatment is tolerated. Jesse is going with me to the first one because he is off work.  As long as things go well on 8/11, I was told they could schedule a few weeks out.  From what I was told, they will repeat on the same day weekly on a 3 weeks on, 1 week off, repeating schedule.

Where does it end?

I subscribe to several metastatic breast cancer groups on Facebook, and it seems like almost every day I see a post, similar to this one, regarding another sister who has passed or is in the last days of her life. I often search for the person on Facebook in an effort to remember this person as an individual and to try to piece together their story.  No matter how many times I do this search, I'm always amazed at what I find.

Chemo Help Anyone?

In a few weeks I'll be starting a weekly chemo treatment.  I'll need to go in every week for three weeks, then have one week off, then repeat this cycle.  This will be in addition to the doctor's visits, scans, etc that will be required for the trial.  Jesse will be able to take me on the days he has off (he's off every other Thursday), but has to work 7am-7pm on the ones in between.  I've already talked to them about the day and it will most likely be on Thursday afternoons.  I'm not sure how bad this will effect me and am not real crazy about having to go by myself and having to drive myself home.  I guess I can manage if I have to, but I really don't want to go by myself.  It's seriously lonely and depressing!

Advocacy Video for Meds

Here's a cute advocacy video encouraging people to read up on their meds and make sure they are not taking too much of something or something they don't need altogether.