Month: August 2021
My earliest symptoms
I’ve talked already about my diagnosis and how I find out, but going back even further than that I can start to see where it began. Back inn 2019, I worked for 10+ hours in a gym with little to no A/C. In all reality, I didn’t mind it. It built resilience. There’s just something …
You are part of your health team
It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of people helping to manage your care. Your spouse, general practitioner, oncologist, nurse practitioner, siblings, pharmacist, children, even your neighbors, friends, and family can all be trying to help you in some form or fashion. Much of the help is greatly appreciated and highly needed. With …
Vyxeos, Round 2
Round 2: It all really started with a little excitement that I might be getting everything ready to go to transplant. On August 3rd, I got my PICC line out and my port put in. The idea was that I had an admission date of 8/11 to get my transplant process started. On July 30th I’d had a …
Round 2, Day 2
Up bright and early on a Sunday morning to get my 2nd round of Vyxeos chemo. There’s definitely a few side effects I’ve noticed. Of course fatigue ranks up there. Lots of heart burn and burping. Weird symptoms I know but something that’s unusual for me. Sleeping is the worst though. I have hot flashes, …
Just out of reach
Just like that, just out of reach. Here we were actually thinking that maybe, just maybe, we could get an admission date sooner than the 11th. We were slightly worried that we wouldn’t be ready for admission to the hospital. The results from my bone marrrow biopsy came back and however unfortunate, my blasts were …
It’s called Practice
It’s called “practicing gratitude.” Why? Because it doesn’t come naturally or easily all the time. There are some days where it’s just a fucking pain in the ass. You feel that the whole world is against you. Typical case of Mondays where you’ve spilled your coffee, a nail caught your shirt and ripped a small …