Day 285: A quick update on Chemo Session 4
I am very late in writing this, but I do think it needs to be documented. My fourth session of chemo was postponed due to the shingles, and I only
Day 244: That time I got …shingles!
Spoiler alert: I have shingles. !!!!!! So, in the last week of February, I moved house. It was a very easy move, since I had purged what seemed like half
After the last disastrous round of chemo, I was very apprehensive about doing round three. I was actually quite petrified. I walked into my oncologists office with two goals: to
Day 184: Second round of chemo. Not fun.
(Note: This is a boring, technical post about my chemo. It is written only for the benefit of others who might be anticipating the same treatment, or who are receiving
The long road of treatment started with my first round of chemo on Wednesday and Thursday. It wasn’t nearly as bad as some expected, but it wasn’t a walk in
Day 29: So what treatment am I getting, and when?
It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride and much of it has been related to the doctors’ approach to my illness. My first doctor, the one who actually diagnosed
Ha ha! So I got my CT scan results today, and honestly…I can only laugh. To give context: the point of the CT Scan, in my case, is to stage
Yesterday I had a CT scan to check my lymph nodes, and use the results for staging purposes of the cancer/Waldenstroms. This will determine the intensity of my treatment, and
