My hair is growing.....how odd when it's so very thin! I think my head looks like a pincushion right now and hope it won't be long after chemo is over until it starts thickening up. 4 more weeks! I'll probably keep my hair short for awhile though, I kinda like the look.
Two new side effects this week. For the 1st time I felt the neuropathy common to the chemo drug Taxol that I get. I was working with my Sheltie, Win, yesterday morning when I suddenly noticed my fingers were numb. Not totally numb, but enough to be irritating. Throughout the day the numbness came and went, mostly in my arms and hands but a little in my toes too. Maybe I forgot some doses of the glutamine I'm supposed to be taking, so today I made sure I got them all. I sure hope things don't get worse, especially in my legs.
This chemo rash is about the drive me NUTS!! It looks like I fell asleep on the beach for hours (& believe me I know what that looks like because I've done it!) on the backs of my calves and on the insides of my forearms over the tops of my hands. My skin is bright read, a little bit speckled, and leathery and no amount of any kind of lotion I've tried will make it feel better. It gets itchy as hell too. I'm guessing it will just get worse as the next 4 weeks go by. My face is so stinkin' dry too that all it wants is lotion, no soap, just moisture. Make-up won't cover the redness so I don't even try any more.
On a good note, my stomach aches haven't been bad this week. The tremendous fatigue I felt last week is gone too....so it must have been partly from the sinus infection and trip I took to Idaho. However, I didn't do much yoga so I could get a little more rest but I don't think that's a good thing to keep skipping. Next week I shall renew my commitment and try harder.
Some days I get so anxious to have chemo behind me. I have to just focus on other things so it doesn't drive me crazy sometimes. Let's see, which thing shall I pay attention to instead? A lofty question to be answered tonight.....
Hugs... I sat with Pat last weekend a the table a lot and thought about you as we talked about cancer... I hope this time goes by fast for you too, so it'll be all DONE soon and you'll be healthy again!
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