Category: Health Updates

Countdown to Tuesday…Made It!

It’s TUESDAY! I’ve made it over the hump and through the side effects of the most recent chemo treatment. That means I’m now officially DONE with the 2-drug treatments and officially HALFWAY through chemo! YAY! From here on out, we move to a 1-drug treatment which supposedly has fewer side effects to deal with. I’ll admit, at first I wasn…

Countdown to Tuesday…Day 4!

Another tough day, but experience says this should be the last one. And it’s over! Tomorrow is Tuesday, which hopefully means the junk will be behind us. The countdown is almost complete! #everymilestonecounts…

Countdown to Tuesday…Day 3!

Today was tough, I popped a few more painkillers than usual thanks to the weird bodyache side effects. But I made it to church this morning and I made it through the day! Win! By tomorrow, I’ll be that much closer to having this round behind me. We’re almost there! #everymilestonecounts…

Countdown to Tuesday…Day 2!

Today was another great day, as hoped/expected! Saturdays are usually the good days, and today I even got some house projects worked on! Tomorrow and Monday will be the most “fun” days for side effects, and then by end of Tuesday we should be done with the rough chemo! Come on Tuesday…

Keep Them Prayers Going

It 11pm, and I’m headed to bed feeling pretty darn normal! During my first two rounds, I would start to feel “off” in the evenings, and of course my third round I really felt bad all day Friday. But today, a-ok! Also, my blood counts this week were almost as high as they were pre-chemo! I feel like that has to be good news for avoiding side…

Staying Positive, Staying Consistent

Hi friends! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, which seems to be the trend lately. Frankly I just haven’t had any wise, witty, or worthy words to share with you! The last few weeks have really just been filled with putting our nose to the grindstone and getting through this chemo season, and trying to enjoy some of the more “normal” moments in between treatments…