Halfway through Round 1! Yay.
The week of #4 was still pretty rough, but was able to deal better with the side effects by Saturday. However the fatigue was so surprising. i would sit down for a while, and actually feel pretty close to normal, except for no appetite and losing some of my taste of course. But when i would get up, I would take about 3-5 steps, and have to stop or lean against something because of the weakness. So i stayed in a sitting position as much as possible! Thankfully that lessened a little near the end of the day on Sunday. Just in time for Monday, and #5.
Monday-Thursday was pretty much what i expected. Friday I even felt well enough to go into work for an event in the morning. However after a few hours at work, one of the two side effects i had been dreading started up. Neuropathy. It feels like i have mittens on, typing is bit harder, but still looks much better than my writing now! My feet and toes have some of the loss of feeling, so it makes my walking a bit more unsteady; i was told about an otc med to help stop it from getting worse. It won’t start getting better until chemo is actually done, but hopefully i can keep it from getting worse. There are other prescription meds, but their side effects are almost worse than the neuropathy, so praying the otc works! i was also advised to start treating my mouth, as a preventive measure against getting the mouth sores. Hoping it will stop it before they start!
Next week it is memorial day weekend, so my chemo is moved back one day. That means my pattern will be moved back one day. AND i meet with the doctor, so hopefully I will get a report on how much the chemo is working. Praying!
