After 4 sessions of chemo, I'm pleased to say I still feel no ill effects. The pain created by the torture lady is gone, although there still lingers some discomfort at the end of the day ( just enough to legitmately order some happy juice!) Other feared side effects have not appeared, no nausea, skin rashes, mouth sores etc. There remains three more doses, effects still could be cumulative, and dose seven is supposed to be pretty agressive, so we'll wait and see what happens. I was expecting to lose my hair, hasn't happened yet. In fact I'm growing a beard. Got to be world's first chemo patient that gets HARRIER!
My stamina and energy have inproved since I got here. I continue to do my laps, and I have no excuse to get bored. There is TV of course, and Beck loaded me with books and games. This post is being done on a hospital supplied computer, and there are video games (eeyew) and DVD's available. I haven't tapped that yet. I don't want to use all my options. This is the hospital and the floor where I will be situated when I have the transplant, so I will explore all optoions even if I save some for my next stay.
I'm still hoping to hear in the next day or so what the results are of my sibling tests. Each of them hopes to be the chosen one. For me, I hope one of them matches, (and I wonder which one). More honestly I want them ALL to match! I will be somewhat disappointed if none matches because everyone is let down at that point, and a delay is not what we're hoping for.
The staff here continues to be a marvel. Today the State is doing an audit, so the place is literally crawling with volunteers. If you ring a call button or make a request today, there is NO delay in response. This AM, while I took a shower, one volunteer went to get me a laptop while another changed my bed. A guy could get real used to it!
So that's it from here. I'm sure Beck and the girls will keep you updated as well. (By the way, Tori's coming on Tuesday. It'll be great to see here again even if the circumstances suck).
Thanks again for all the love and support.
Love,
Rick
PS To Cousin Tony: jumping out of perfectly good planes makes NO sense to me and could make you my roommate. Think about it!!
2 comments:
HI Rick,
Very, very glad to hear you have had "good" days so far. Hope Marty and Tori had a good time over the weekend. When I called they were buying crabcakes for Marty to take home.
Love, Connie
Hey Rick:
Linda told me that today will be a "big day" for you. So we'll be sending some extra "ooommmmms" your way. That's what we do in yoga to let people know we appreciate them. So when you get out of the hospital, take up yoga. You will not regret it.
As for jumping out of airplanes, it only makes sense AFTER you do it!
Love, Tony
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