I started an update about three weeks ago but had trouble posting it, so thought I would give it another try...
(from three weeks ago)... This is day two of my first three day chemo treatments to finish off the last 20%of this crazy tumor on my abdomen. This is the "ICE, ICE, BABY" treatment regimens. Seems to be going greet. One of the first new drugs, "I" , had a possible side effect of hallucinations...but none appeared. (glad of that). Today I get "C". It all seems to be going well. I also get "E" and another 24hour infusion of "I". The hospital staff is great and they treat me as though I'm the only one in the treatment center...oh...I am the only one here thie weekend. Doc. Lynch has been by a few times and says things are proceeding very well. Hoping my body responds as well to the ICE as it did to R-CHOP.
(fast forward to May 16th...today)... Well I am back at St. Francis for the second of three rounds of the three day chemo treatments. Great nurses taking care of me, a friendly Doctor that enjoys answering my questions, and my wife with me through it all... I am truly blessed. Hopefully two and a half weeks from now the PET scan will show no more signs of the tumor and I can begin prepping for the Stem Cell Replacement Therapy to come. Soooooooo ready to be through the treatments.
I feel very good and I really think my body has responded well to being "infused" with so much poison chemicals over these last 6 months. Just seem to get tired easily but otherwise not many negative side effects. I give praise to the Lord for keeping me safe and healthy through it all.
