4 down ...0r lets call it 3.5

Went for chemo number 4 yesterday. Things did not go so smoothly. I started out by having a terrible stomach ache all week last week that lasted from chemo to chemo. Nothing like I have ever had before.

My sister Tiffany picked me up and we went to the H for blood work which hasn't been an issue to this point my port has been really good. Well not yesterday they had to try 3 times to access it and then they couldn't draw blood so I had to move around and cough and finally it worked.

Went upstairs for chemo and still had my tummy ache, the nurses asked me how I had been and I explained about my tummy pain and how it felt like it was wear my radiation had been in August. They didn't seem to concerned and we started chemo. I finished the first drug Gemcitabine and they started the second drug Cisplatin. Halfway through the Cisplatin I started getting terrible stomach pains in the radiation area again. We stopped chemo and they called my oncologist down. I explained to her what was happening and right away she said "ohh no, I think you are having radiation recall." Apparently the Gemcitabine is reacting with wear I had radiation so no more chemo until my stomach recovers and then we will just try Cisplatin. She is going to wait to reintroduce Gemcitabine.

Really why me nothing is ever simple I tell you.

I have the next 2 weeks to recover and hopefully get my tummy back to normal for chemo on Oct 24.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Can't sleep....

You have got to be kidding me..I have been awake since 3:30 am. I tried a bath, reading, some breakfast wide awake. Arghhhh I need to sleep I have a super busy couple days. Well I guess my day is gonna start real early.

I saw my oncologist yesterday everything is good so far. She is going to get a head scan as I have been feeling light headed and dizzy lately. We have never really done one so she feels it would be good to do. I have blood work and chemo today, my sister Darcie is going to take me. Then Marcel will pick me up and it is wedding organization and preperation mode for the rest of the night.

Have a great weekend!

Liane