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Mollie's not here anymore...
This is Jonathan, Mollie's boyfriend ( Read more... ) -
No longer a chemotherapy infusion virgin
So, let me tell you something that impressed me about the infusion center where I spent my day yesterday. The nurse easily got my IV in on the first try and I don't even have a bruise. This is remarkable for me, and gave me a lot of respect for her skill. It's not tender, either. The nurse was very upbeat and positive and clued-in to me and ( Read more... ) -
yeah!
Insurance is paying for the medications...the chemo and the anti-angiogenesis med. Woohoo! -
crap news
Had an MRI on Wednesday. It shows more tumor growth. So, I had surgery, chemo, radiation, and still have tumor growing in my damn head. We're going to try to get me new chemo and anti-angiogenesis medications approved by insurance. Wish me luck.
Yes it was a crappy day for me. -
another layer of sick
I've been focusing on my recovery from the radiation treatment...good days but feeling spacey and weak. Today felt especially bad and zombie-fied. I realize that I'm actually sick now, like I have a virus of some sort on top of it all. So I took a narcotic and am about to crawl into bed. Yeah. Long sleep I will have. -
Radiation: completed (woohoo)
So I had my last radiation treatment today. It's a relief to be done, but boy it's kicked my bootay. I spent the day lying about, and it's nice to have mom here to take care of me and make dinner and that nice stuff. It's great that she relishes in this caretaking, as well, because I'm exhausted. The brain fry is for real, I tell ya. I'm tired ( Read more... ) -
update on me
1. I have a crew cut now. Not happy about it, but it seems to be the best thing for my hair right now ( Read more... ) -
Thailand in October
Today was our original date of departure for Thailand. We're still here in California, and doing fine. Still duking it out with the travel company to get our moneys back. We'll see about that. My sister thought I was really strong today about it being our Thailand departure date. Yeah, yeah, yeah...I've learned that when you have something ( Read more... )
