Well, tomorrow will be AC treatment #3. One to go after this. I'd like to say I'm all excited to get it over with, but I'm not looking forward to the next 4 days. I do want it behind me, but I don't want to live through it. I promised myself at my high school graduation I would stop wishing away days. Well, I am breaking that rule to say I wish it was Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Maybe, just maybe, they'll get the magic combination of anti nausea drugs for me and I'll feel much better this time around and I won't dread the last one as much. I really hope so!
Last week's appt. went well, my white blood counts were way up, to 10! Thank you to the inventor of Neulasta! I have felt better and the mouth sores I kept getting have stopped. I did get a rash on my face and they thought it was sun exposure related. I also enjoyed many salads and all kinds of fruits this week. It was nice to go back to eating normally. Just in time for our short family vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine TX.
The timing of the trip was perfect. I felt really good, for someone on chemo and I was excited to get out of town for a few days. About an hour from the lodge it occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to swim in my wig! Oh, crap, what should I do? I am not going to walk around the water park with my very sparse grey crew cut! That would be too embarrassing for my kids! No way am I going to miss out on all that fun either. I know, a swim cap! So I purchased a stark white swim cap at the lodge and off I went. I was very easy to spot. I had the only swim cap in the place, but the kids seemed to be fine with it, and I wasn't going to let vanity stop me from having a good time with my family. I will say, my poor ears could only take 3 hours at a time of being pinned back against my head by strong latex. I had to go back to the room for lunch and release the ears mid way through the day.
The water park was a lot of fun. Meg and Brady were both very fond of the wave pool. They spent a lot of time there. Grandmom even joined them in the wave pool. Meghan liked the lazy river. She especially liked dragging me around in the tube and making sure I went under every waterfall and spray there was. Braden and Meghan liked the water slides. Deda got in on the water sliding thing too. I also enjoyed the slides, but after climbing up the stairs to get to the start, three times in a row, I needed a nap. I also found on the second day that going down backwards was not the best thing for someone with nausea issues. Scot was the marathoner, he participated in a little bit of everything, including the outdoor pool, which I stayed away from for sun exposure reasons.
Besides the water fun, the kids enjoyed the Magi-Quest scavenger hunt around the lodge. We attempted at first to participate with them, then quickly realized there was too much stair climbing involved. The kids worked together to figure out the clues and find all the items to complete their quest. I don't know how they had the energy to go up and down 8 flights of stairs multiple times after the day spent at the water park.
On top of all the fun we had, we had way too much to eat. We had an all you can eat dinner buffet Monday evening and then an all you can eat breakfast buffet on Tuesday. Wow, I put some food away! I am going to have to answer some questions tomorrow when I get on that scale at Texas Oncology! The Lodge was a great place to celebrate Scot's Birthday. Last year we celebrated in Disney. I wonder where we'll be for Scot's Birthday next year.
I reread my blog and noticed that I hadn't completely related the pathology of my cancer. The tumor was 1.2 cm at it's largest measurement, which places it mid-stage 1. Also, my lymph node and the margins of the tissue removed were clear of any cancer cells. So, there you go.
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