I can’t believe it is a week since I got the first infusion. This week has gone much faster and much better than I thought. The expected nausea has not appeared yet – just a faint queasiness that is lurking in the background ever so often. I have not yet needed to take any anti-nausea medication – what a relief. I do not have diarrhea – yay – quite the opposite in fact – not yay. I am very tired…
When I saw my oncologist on Thursday he again reinforced that this round of chemotherapy is done as a precaution and as an insurance to knock out any potential cancer cell that is left out. Of course there are no guarantees, but aiming for cancer free is the goal – and that is what I have to belive in. In order to make this happen he said they are throwing everything and the kitchen sink at me – and then…
Yet again it’s been a long time since I updated you on how I’m doing. I’ve been in a vacuum the last couple of weeks. Often being in a vacuum is regarded as being in a bad state, but this vacuum has been pretty good. I’ve managed to keep the feelings about the upcoming chemotherapy at a distance. I think that’s why I haven’t written a new blog post. I’ve just slowly normalized my days and enjoyed being able to…
I realized that it’s more than a week since I updated the blog. Thanks to both me being more tired than usual, and that we are pretty isolated because of the pandemic, everything is a blur these day. I don’t remember what day it is and which day I did what. Here comes a recap. Monday last week the day was not so good. I was super dizzy and weak. Hot flashes from hell all day and I spent most…
I’ve slowly improved the last week, and both Thursday and Friday I stayed mostly off the couch. After yet another day on the couch on Wednesday I was pretty fed up with the state of affairs and – not surprisingly – found out and decided that I need to have slightly more ambitious goals every day. It is so easy to be lulled into dark and miserable thoughts and staying there is much less complicated than focusing on getting better,…