Post Chemo update

Hi

Well its been 23 days since my last chemo session so I thought I would update you on what is going on. Every day I get a little better and a little stronger with the only lingering problems being stamina, mouth sores and “chemo brain”. My stamina is still not that strong in that I cannot do anything physical for very long without getting dizzy and weak. But that gets a little better all the time. I also sleep a lot more than I normally do. I need a lot of sleep still. I still have mouth sores and I cannot eat a lot of foods still. I have medicine for that and it seems to be helping but this is something I didn’t expect to linger this long. If its not gone soon I will need to go to the oncologist for help. And the “chemo brain” is still there which means that I have a hard time concentrating on something very long before I get tired or confused by what I am doing. I also have a difficult time with complicated concepts. What tends to happen is that I just get lost and I have no idea what is going on.

Compared to my last chemo experience this is very good  news because last time I ended up with the peripheral neuropathy which ended up being permanent. Given what happened in 2005 I consider myself lucky to only be dealing with these final side effects. I know the fatigue and the “chemo brain” will eventually go away, I saw the same thing in 2005. I am not too sure what to make of the mouth sores but I just can't believe that would be permanent and even if it was, I can live with it.

I think I am coming out of this round of chemo a lot better than I did in 2005 so I am grateful and happy with where I am. A couple more weeks and I think I will be pretty much back to normal…whatever normal is for me (grin)

 

I will update this blog from time to time over the next weeks until I run out of things to say. That would be a good thing folks!

I hope everyone is healthy, happy and safe!

 

Peace and Love

John