HELLO FAMILY,
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS ENTRY. TOMORROW CHERYL WILL SEE THE ONCOLOGIST FOR POSSIBLY ROUND 5 OF IXEMPRA. I SAY "POSSIBLY" BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO SEE IF THIER IS A WAY TO CHANGE TO A MORE TOLERABLE CHEMO. SHE IS REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE IXEMPRA. SYMPTOMS AREN'T AS PREDICTABLE AS THE PREVIOUS CHEMO AND SEEM TO LAST LONGER WITH THE FULL DOSE. LAST DOSE WAS A MILDER ONE AND IT WAS A LITTLE MORE TOLERABLE. THE WEAKNESS WASN'T AS MUCH BUT THE TASTELESSNESS IS ALMOST CONTINUOUS. MAKING HER MORE FRUSTRATED. I'M ASKING FOR PRAYER THAT SHE WILL HAVE THE STRENGTH TO DO WHAT IS BEST. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER THAT THOUGH THE TUMOR MARKERS WERE SLOWLY ELEVATING, WHEN SHE WAS HAVING HER WISDOM TEETH PULLED THE DR'S TOOK HER OFF THE ZOMATA AND THE TUMOR MARKERS SPIKED UP. THAT IS WHEN SHE HAD TO GO BACK ON CHEMO. DID THEY MAKE A GOOD DECISION TAKING HER OFF THE ZOMATA? WELL ANY WAY SHE HAS BEEN CONTINUING TO WORK AS MUCH AS SHE CAN AND IS USUALLY TIRED WHEN SHE COMES HOME. FORTUNATELY I WORK THREE 12 HOUR DAYS LEAVING THE REST OF THE TIME TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT HOME. DOIN MY BEST TO STAY POSITIVE THROUGH THIS BUT I MUST ADMIT IT DOES AT TIMES GET OVERWHELMING. I NEED YOUR PRAYERS FOR THAT. SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND AND I WANT HER TO GET THROUGH THIS AND BE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WOODS AGAIN. WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO TOGETHER SO WE NEED OUR COMMRADS TO STAY STRONG WITH US. THANKS FOR LISTENING. WILL POST AGAIN SOON.
PAUL R.
