Infusion day pic! Very faint eyebrows! Today was my second of thirteen "maintenance" infusions of Herceptin. It was a pretty different experience from my first maintenance dose surprisingly. When I had my first maintenance dose on October 5th, I was only one week out from my chemotherapy. My labs were typical for the week after... Continue Reading →
Progress: Day 15.6 – Radiation Planning
Progress Update My stats just seem to be getting better! I'm really happy and relieved that my sleep is returning to its normal awesomeness. I'm still feeling pretty tired at the end of the day, but that could be normal since I feel like I've been really busy. I haven't had very much time to... Continue Reading →
PROGRESS: Day 14.2 – Fitness Update
Progress since the end of chemo Yesterday marks 2 weeks since my last chemo and I feel like there's been a very rapid improvement in just the last couple of days. I'm think my Herceptin infusion last week caused a bit of an inflammatory response especially since I'm still a bit off from the chemo.... Continue Reading →
PROGRESS: Day 13.5
Me at week 13! I can't wait until I can do my hair! It's been over 2.5 weeks since my last chemo treatment and I'm actually starting to feel that. This past Wednesday I had my first Herceptin-only infusion. Since I have never only received Herceptin I wasn't quite sure how that was going to... Continue Reading →
PROGRESS: Day 12.5
I will probably continue to do these progress updates until I'm done with my "active" treatment. That will be inclusive of radiation, but I will not consider the remainder of my Herceptin infusions and Tamoxifen as part of my active treatment even though it technically is part of it. I've had the same type of... Continue Reading →