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 CHEMOTHERAPY WEEK 8

Well today was treatment number eight for me…Eight of twelve!  I’ll then be moving on to my second phase of chemotherapy.  It will last an additional eight weeks. I was nervous, as usual, today. However, my blood counts were looking really good!   I’ve really been eating and drinking lots of protein as well as eating lots of blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Maybe that helped. I was successfully able to receive treatment today.  I love all my nurses at Brown Cancer Center.  They are so supportive and they sit back and wait patiently along with me for my lab work to return.  They are all cheering when it’s good enough to receive treatment.  We’re a team. So now is the fun part, the side effects.  I’ll have many days of fatigue and muscle aches ahead of me.  By Wednesday I’m usually feeling much better…just to turn around on Thursday to start over again. Oh well.  It’s all part of the battle. I never get used to chemotherapy days, as I'm always nervous.  But I can feel myself changing and getting stronger mentally during my fight.  Sure, I have my weak moments, I'm human.  Some days are extremely difficult for me. But I keep going.  I have to keep fighting for my children, my family, my friends, MYSELF!  

   












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