Friday, March 10, 2023

12th chemo

12th chemo
Today was my LAST chemo, the 12th, in my first cycle of chemotherapy✅ Done!

Overall, I did pretty well, considering the long, long list of the side effects --- through out my 12 chemo sessions I had the ever present fatigue, some arthritis pain after the first few treatments, headaches and lack of sleep. But that is about it. 

I do have to spend a few days in bed on a regular basis, but, again that is not as bad as it could have been. Netflix to the rescue!

Granted, I did struggle with the 8th chemo and after the 10th chemo session started to understand when people what to just out from the 12th floor window. But two our of twelve sessions is not too bad and overall this chemotherapy cycle was much better than I anticipated. Even the hair loss, started to happen around 6th chemo and not earlier and even now I still have a bit left (so not totally bold)

Ahead is my one week break, and a new and different cycle of chemo -- the dinosaur of all chemotherapies that has been administered since the 1950s -- AC will begin


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