June 03, 2004
Round 2 is done, ready for round 3
I tolerated the second dose of adriamycin much better than the first time. I knew when the delayed nausea/vomiting was supposed to start, so I took anti-nausea medicine to preempt it. And it seemed to work. I even went to my step aerobics class the morning after chemo. On Memorial Day, I also took a walk around Greenlake with Sharon and Vivien, and later went to see a movie. Hope every week will be like this.
The self-injection is also getting a bit easier now. I took a brief hiatus from poking myself. Siang gave me the injection for two days. After much encouragement from Siang and friends, I decided to do it myself again. In fact, doing the injection myself actually hurt less than letting other people do it for me.
Last Monday night, Jed and Sharon came over for a ‘poking party’. Sharon got some saline solution from work, so they can all try injecting themselves. So there we go, Jed, Sharon, Siang and I all poked ourselves at the same time. Where do you find weird good friends like that? :-) I doubt if I would be able to do the same for my friends… …
Anyways, I still don’t like the self-injection thing, but I’m getting more comfortable with it. Last night, for the first time, I did it without having to take my eyeglasses off. :-) Tomorrow will be my third dose of chemo, plus I’ll be getting the second shot of Zoladex and meeting with a nutritionist.
Items of thanksgiving:
• Siang’s parents are here to help us take care of different household chores.
• Great husband, family and friends to take good care of me and cheer me up all the time.
• Was able to finish the month-end close at work this week without much trouble.
Prayer requests:
• The nurse will be able to aim properly when accessing the portacath. (She missed it once last week, so I got poked twice)
• The discomfort of having the portacath will go away
• The drug is doing its work and clearing any lingering cancer cells in my body.
• Pray for Siang who started to have a sore throat last night.
• Pray for peace for Siang and parents.
• Pray for God’s love to touch the hearts of my unbelieveing friends and family.