Round 1 Saturday May 4th, 2013
I'm at one of the best
hospitals in the country Boston MGH.
Right now I completed
the first treatment of a hodge podge of medicines called Rituximab that will help me through the chemotherapy this
week. Those medicines at first may cause an allergic reaction, hives, upset
stomach... that sort of stuff. So far I've passed through that with flying colors
which may be credited to the other medicines I was given to counter balance the effects of the Rituximab and to my iron clad stomach and the extremely hot Ghost Peppers that I enjoy eating.
The chemo started Saturday
morning at 2am and I'm feeling fine. I'm more worried about losing my hair than
I am about throwing up, and dealing with gut wrenching pains.
Those are some
priorities huh?
Right now I Ground & Pounded one of their first major concerns which puts me ahead in points of this 15 round fight. I may only have to do 3 cycles of chemo (5 days inpatient with 16 days off). Then I have to step up to the radiation for 16 days.
Right now I Ground & Pounded one of their first major concerns which puts me ahead in points of this 15 round fight. I may only have to do 3 cycles of chemo (5 days inpatient with 16 days off). Then I have to step up to the radiation for 16 days.
With my team of doctors,
nurses, coaches, real world survivors and prayer team I don’t stand a chance of
falling off track. My Team at work is behind me 110% so I can recover and
return stronger.
I decided to make the
previous post ‘Pre-Fight Commentary’ the way I did because I wanted to
demonstrate how calm, relaxed and unworried I am. With Team MGH & Team
Tarallo watching my back I don’t have a dam thing to worry about and neither
should you so knock your shit off if you are!
I hope that you were
both educated and entertained with my commentary and the tone that I wanted to
set with my fighting spirit.
You can rest assured
that I might be a bit outta shape, but I’ll fearlessly stare death right in the
face and bring a f’in beat down to its doorstep! I’m Not Leaving. I’m not
going nowhere!
Thank you for all your
support and prayers, especially you Barbara & Mr. Timolien. You’ll never
understand the strength in prayer until someone prays for you!
Anthony
Team Tarallo
