The period between Chemo #4 on 6 December 2011, and Chemo # 5, on 27 December 2011 was relatively quiet. No complaints. Not that I wasn’t running up my co-payments.
In for the WBC booster shot on the 7th. Then off to see the cardiologist on the 9th. Then a CT scan on the 15th. Followed by meeting with the oncologist on the 21st.
I received Chemo #5 on the 27th along with the bone strengthening infusion[Zometa]. On the 28th I received both the WBC booster as well as the hormone shot designed to carry me over the next 3 months.
The chemo seems to be working. My PSA has continued to drop, tho it is a long way from zero. The CT scan results imply that my condition is improving. I hope so.
I am still quite tired and run out of energy easily. However, I have begun a very gentle exercise program. I hope, this will help.
While I still have some hair, it becomes thinner. I’m still managing to hold the nausea at bay. The meds and ginger seem to be working.
My plumbing continues to give me some problems, tho the problems have been less over the period.
To add to my non-fun my taste buds have gone south over the past 9 months. Even water has a slightly off taste. Of course, with all the different meds I’m taking I haven’t the faintest idea which one or combination has done me in.
I have appointments with both the urologist and the oncologist in the upcoming month, plus Chemo #6 [out of 300], probably on the 17th.
I hope that all goes well with you & yours, & you’ve had a Happy Chanukah, a Kool Yule, a Wild Winter Solstice, a Frantic First & an Ecstatic Etc.
May the best of the past be the worst of the future!
January 4, 2012 at 3:13 pm |
Thank you God, that Jan is doing well.
Keep up the good work, Wombat. Red Shift is aching for another road trip.