I've fallen way behind on my original goal of writing a blog post for every round of chemo, but it's been a pretty busy past month and a half. Some of it has been an exhausted busy -- the 5th and 6th rounds of chemo were tougher than the rest both mentally and physically. But …
Time.
Four days out from my second treatment, I couldn't imagine doing another three or more months of this. The side effects seemed a little more heightened than after the first time around. I'm not sure if they really were or if my expectations were different. I expected to feel bad the first time, and when …
Almost “normal.”
My first chemo session (which, for lack of a better word, is what I’ll call the 2 weeks following each treatment) has been a breeze physically compared to what I expected. The day of treatment I started to feel a little weird a couple hours after my infusion ended. My stomach started to hurt and …