A tranquil image from our 2014 Mackinac Island visit We are into August and quickly approaching Treatment #4! My physical symptoms have been very manageable. The biggest complaints I have right now is that I notice I get canker sores in my mouth following treatment and I think that I might be starting to feel... Continue Reading →
A random picture I took of a duck in the Baltimore harbor I liked Today has been another good day! It's been similar to last week where Thursday was a great day where I had a wonderful and recharging night of sleep. Then Thursday night's sleep was not as good, but I still got a... Continue Reading →
How treatment went Look at that hair! I didn't wake up with my hair falling out Today was a great day! I came in, went back to my room, they hooked up my port and drew my blood for labs. My lab results all came back by 9:30 AM, so they ordered my meds and... Continue Reading →
Unrelated, but a cute picture of Maddie on her balance bike! As my second full week comes to an end, I really can't complain about much of my physical side effects from treatment. Up to this point, it's really only been heartburn that has been the biggest discomfort along with ] trouble sleeping. It's really... Continue Reading →
Before our ride This week has been going really well actually. I thought Friday was going to be my hard day, but I think sleep really made the difference. I chose not to ride on Friday just in case I was going to feel like crap and planned to ride today. I still haven't experienced... Continue Reading →
Getting a ride in before the heat of the day I'm successfully into Week 2! Physical feelings Today was a good day. I got another wonderful night sleep (thank you Benadryl!) with a super-low resting heart rate of 47 and rock-bottom stress levels. I woke up and completed a 19-mile ride with Sean on the... Continue Reading →
My new blue dragon chemo buddy We were anticipating that today was going to go much faster. We tried to arrive earlier this time by getting our usual scone and coffee earlier. But Sean was driving my father-in-laws truck which was terrifying to park in the garage. When you first come into the garage, the... Continue Reading →
Physical feelings Today has been much better. I slept a lot better even though I still felt pretty tired when I woke up. But that made a huge difference - mentally and physically. I didn’t get to go cycling today because I didn’t have all of my gear. But I did take Ginny on a... Continue Reading →
I have spent some time searching the internet and Facebook groups looking for all of the recommendations for going through chemotherapy. I’m fortunate that I will be receiving the least bad chemo drug, Taxol, along with the HER2-targeted treatment, Herceptin. A week or so ago I had to sit through my chemo consent appointment where... Continue Reading →
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