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 CHEMOTHERAPY WEEK 5

Today was my fifth week for chemotherapy.  FIFTH!  Moving right along.  The infusions were so smooth today and I'm so very thankful for that.  My port gave the nurse a little trouble again.  They're telling me my port is a little deeper than usual and they are having to get different needles to use with it.  It's still a standard port needle, just a bit longer.  Other than that, things went well.  I was very tired during chemo today, due to the Benadryl.  I dozed off and on.  David said I was snoring at one point.  I was very comfortable.  We are back home and resting now.  My legs are doing something they've never done before.  They feel weak when I try to walk.  I'm going to just ride it out and see how I feel tomorrow.  Afterall, my body has been pumped essentially with poison today.  I hate to use that word because I know it's there to kill the cancer, but it's also killing my healthy cells as well.  My lab work is changing now.  They are going to put me on another potassium pill for the next week because mine was low again.  My red blood cells as well as my white blood cells are beginning to read low on the chart.  I'll have to be aware of these changes moving forward.  I do not want anything to get so low that they have to cancel any of my treatments.  I'll just keep praying for my body to withstand all this the best it can.  I was reading my bible and I love the part where it says, "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."  This is so true.  Throughout all this, I should be still and let the Lord comfort and guide me.  He will take care of me.  






     

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