Nearing the end of chemo

Today was a decent day.

For whatever reason, the pain from the shingles is down to about a 7 from the original 9 or 10.

I was on the verge of trying to play tennis and may do so tomorrow before we go for chemo. After tomorrow, there will be one session more and then another petscan.

As we approach the end of the regular chemo regime, the stress of what we have been dealing with is showing. The research manager has sacrificed so much for me, that it is a miracle that she is still standing (well, sitting at the computer.)

One of the good things in this internet age, is that you can review the results of your tests on line. The research manager printed out some graphs of my results. It is interesting. In general, many results are decent and show quick recovery when there is no chemo. However, the white blood cells and red blood cells are lower than we would like. Thankfully, the potassium has bounced back.

As we go forward, I need to be more proactive with my diet and supplements. I do pretty well with the supplements, but as we move away from chemo, the right diet will be critical.

Cancer never fully goes away. Dealing with it ought to be enough incentive to do everything possible to make sure that it does not show itself a second time.

I am sure that you do not want to read a second set of blogs.