My run with Cancer

  I wish I could tell you that my third treatment was a breeze…. But it was far from it.  I started to react as usual with horrible nausea and then the fevers but this time my blood pressure dropped dramatically (75/52) and I started to develop joint pain overnight.  My joints hurt so much that I found it hard to move the covers on or off my body. I went home after 24 hours (Wednesday) with the rotation of Advil and Tylenol for the fevers and joint pain in hope that things would clear quickly.  While the fevers cleared at the 48 hour mark again (Thursday evening), the joint pain worsened.  In the early morning hours of Friday I woke up in so much pain I didn’t know what to do.  I couldn’t move without excruciating pain.  Trying to lift my arm to grab the sheet caused me to cry out.  I actually found myself lying there questioning whether birthing a 9lb baby with no epidural was worse… I came to the decision that they were just different but compar...

   I am writing this from my room at Princess Margaret while I await my third treatment in this trial. Treatment #2 went much better, only requiring one night in hospital and fevers were all finished within 48 hours.  I was saying to Ian that’s it’s strange to wait for the onslaught of side effects. With chemo the side effects came on somewhat gradually. With this treatment it’s like I get punched in the face. Bam! I’m hanging over a garbage can and spiking fevers.  Here’s hoping it’s not that bad and I can go home today…. They just hung the IV Benedryl so this post is getting cut short as I start my sedative stupor.  Let the games begin!