The final push

Hi folks,

Well the final treatment is just about here. On Friday I will get my last treatment of chemotherapy!!!  This week I am trying to get over the cold/flu that prevented me from getting treatment last Friday. Its just about gone, I don't have a fever and the congestion in the lungs is almost gone too. I have been taking a regimen of antibiotics for this and it seems to be working. Other than that, the biggest issue is just fatigue. I am very tired all the time and even the simplest stuff completely wipes me out. I don't have the stamina to work at all and I still have problems concentrating for more than a few minutes on anything. This is normal “chemo brain” or “chemo fog” and it will gradually go away after the treatments finish.

So, Friday is the big day. I will get a normal treatment and then the normal week of nausea, mouth sores, diarrhea, etc.  After that we start to build back up by eating right: lots of protein for the red blood cells, sleeping right to build up the rest of my white blood cells and platelets, and just getting better every day.

Based on my last experience with this it will take 4-6 weeks before I am back to normal and ready to work full time and live full time. This has been a long 6 months and I can't believe it is finally going to be over. Thank you all for your prayers and good thoughts, there is no doubt it helped us get through this again.

I will update this blog sometime next week after the treatment to let you all know how it went. Because I have been given this extra week between sessions (3 weeks instead of 2 weeks) I am hoping to sail right through the side effects and be feeling good sooner than normal. No matter what though its still THE LAST ONE and I can handle it!!

Talk to you all next week..

Peace and Love

John