Hey cancer, guess what? One week down!!! Take it, sucka.
I was all fired up tonight and about to write out a really long tirade about how Sanofi Aventis’ marketing department has been taking too much of it’s patients vitamin THC, but then I saw the good in the world that is Jo from Life With Heathens. Jo has been really active in the comments recently and has been kind enough to give us a little bit a link love during an interview at BlogsWeLuv. Jo, that was really awesome. Thank you very much.
So, as not to offend any new readers, I’ll take a deep breath (in with the good), exhale (out with the bad) and let you know that we have one week of chemo down. This is the adjunct treatment in which Holly is on an IV for a couple of hours the first day, takes 2 weeks of pills and then gets a week off. Side effects have included nausea, diarrhea, being tired a lot and neuropathy. She said that it is kind of like being pregnant all the time and your hands hurt when they touch cold things.
The neuropathy actually hasn’t seemed all that bad. She still is kind of a newbie, so she tried a soda and ice cream and touched cold things. You know how it is when someone tells you not to do something. She did jump into a pool and said that was a bit of a shock, but not terrible.
So, we’ve survived the first week. If things stay like this, it will be January in no time.
You are more than welcome and thank you for the beautiful compliments. When BlogsWeLuv’s last question was “Name one great blog that you read on a regular basis. What makes it unique?” the first blog I really thought of was your’s. It’s true, there are alot of great blogs out there that I read but very few that humble me and make me stronger. You and your wife do that.
You are both amazing people and I’m very glad the “blogosphere” led me to you and your story. Both of you are an inspiration to everyone. :)