Thank you
Everyone thank you for your support and comments.  My oldest sister, the matriarch-in-training, of my family told me yesterday that the best and only thing that I could do when people offer to help or anything else is just to say "Thank You."

Alex

No hospitalization, at least yet. The compromise is we are trying another pain medication option at home first ( Read more... )

Headed to the hospital within the hour to deal with this skin mess, and I'm told I'll be there for a couple days at least. We're just waiting for my oncologist to sign off on the admission and he won't be in the office until 1:00, which is only 15 minutes from now.

I must pack.

Alex will post updates as they become available.

Ta-ta!

Back to the dermatologist this morning; will have more to say later, I'm sure.

I woke up today, one day after a chemo treatment, with absolutely no nausea.

I could so get used to this.

ETA: Now if only I could get used to the nearly flavorless toothpaste...

I didn't even have to talk to my doctor this morning -- the nurse took one look at my poor blistered chest and did it for me ( Read more... )

I wrote 3 articles for DS today, bringing my total for the week to 5.

Normally on my "good" weeks (between chemo) I can write 15.

This has in no way been a "good" week.

So I am very proud of my 3 today and 5 total.

Having LJ down most of the day is very annoying ( Read more... )

So since the blisters and pain and green ooziness have NOT gone away after almost a week on cephalexin, I got in to see the nurse practitioner who works at the oncologist's office yesterday.

He was impressed to the point of near speechless at the state of my ouchy parts and there was much muttering about "cure the disease but kill the patient."

Here' ( Read more... )

We're supposed to get two inches of SNOW tonight????

What the fucking fuck?