The Day After Chemo

So, today is the first day after my first chemo treatment. I haven't really had any of the horrible side effects that they talk about yet, I just feel like I have a really mild hangover. I can eat and hold everything down, just a little tired. I was at the Oncologists from 9:00 am until 3:15 pm, that was the only bad part. The type of treatment I am doing is called TAC (each letter stands for a chemo drug). The only drug that scared me a little was the Adriamycin which if they get the IV out of the vien while they are injecting it could possibly cause skin necrosis ( tissue death). Other than that I didn't really notice anything from the drugs. They said that I will probably start noticing my hair thinning with in two weeks, so I scheduled a haircut appointment for next week. I want to have a really cute short hair cut, since this will be the last haircut I will need in 6 months. Ed left last Saturday for training in Virginia Beach, it was a very emotional day for me, I still get a little choked up thinking that he isn't here. He calls me everynight to ask how I'm doing, really he sounds so lonely there. He will probably be back in a few weeks before he goes to the second round of training in DC. Most likely will only be back for a day. I will be going to Galena, IL with my sister and my niece this weekend, so unfortunately I will not be going to my class reunion ( I think I'm getting the better deal anyway as it's $25-$35 to go, plus pay bar, Galena is free). Sorry to anyone that thought I might be going. I just don't have the money to go as I go through this I'm not working. Well, that is all for now. I'll probably post another story next week when the side effects really start kicking in. Talk to you later.. Missy

Surgery results

I went to the surgeon today to get my drains out. Dr. Nielsen said that my cancer is at stage two because only two of my lymph nodes had cancer in them. So that is really good news. He also said that he doesn't think that I'll need radiation after chemotherapy because only two nodes had it. My appointment with Dr. Ghosh is next week to go over his plan for chemotherapy. Dr. Nielsen said that I should be able to get reconstruction in about six months. This is all really good news because that means that I can go to North Carolina sooner and be with Ed. Its going to be hard going through chemo without him, but I have my family and friends so I know I'll be okay.

home

hey,
just wanted to let you all know that i am home now. the surgery went well, i had to get all of my lymph nodes removed as there was a tumor in one of them so that sucked. i had a bone scan today to see if it there was cancer in my bones luckily that came back negative, so that is good news. just lying around now in a little bit of pain. recovery should take 2-3 weeks and then i'll start chemo. have a good weekend!
missy