Day 48

Wednesday June 19th, 2013

It is always awesome to be home and to be able to sleep in your own bed!!!

I had a great nights sleep after I stopped waking up every hour/hour in a half to go pee, but that is just the way it is.

I've got my meds already for today and I'm just waiting for my shot of Neulasta to arrive.

I'm sitting at my desk working from home today.

This Neulasta blast might still kick my ass, but I'm ready and roaring to Bring It On!!! Friday I've got blood work that will let my Dr. know how well the Neulasta is working. Last cycle the Neulasta's reaction was delayed by a day and that threw me off a bit, but I was ahead of the pain with my meds. Same plan for this cycle.

I'm due to take my shot around 10pm which was the same time I did last cycle. I can administrate the shot myself. It doesn't really hurt when you take it, but it sure does later on.

I'm scheduled for my radiation consult on the 24th of June and that will let me know what the scheduling for my radiation will be.

Today for me has really been a waiting game to take my Neulasta shot so I can get it over with.

That is what is going to boost my immune system back up so I'm not depending on the steroids I was taking in the hospital that were acting as my immune system.

I learned that after this cycle that I really need to be on top of my germ plan because of the way that this cycle of chemo effected my system. So I'm really going to step it up as much as I can at home and at work.

 I'm more than half way through it and it looks like with 2 weeks off and 3 weeks of radiation I've got 5 weeks left and what ever recovery time I need if any.

I'm going to try harder to keep the blog updated, but it is difficult when there isn't anything going on except another typical day.

Round 3 Cycle 3 Day 5

Tuesday June 18th, 2013

Well this is it, last day of chemo and I'm waiting for 6:30pm for the hydration bag and so on.

Everything has gone great all 3 cycles!!!

Team MGH has done and unbelievable job of taking care of me and every other patient in the ward. They are by far the absolute very best any patient could ask for.

Team MGH has made me feel right at home and taken the weight and pressure off my shoulders so I can concentrate on what they need me to do without worrying. I did my walking, hydration, ate more than I should have, but I need the extra to feed the meds and chemo and they kept calm and I did what ever they asked of me.

I seen the PICC tech around 7:45pm and had that removed. Now I'm ready to head on home and plan out the rest of the week.