November 15th 2007 07:55 pm
Chemo – Round 2 done!
Well, first of all, I want to thank you so much for your prayers. The past three days have gone so well. The blood test came back with great results. My white blood cell count was back to normal. One thing that many of you are aware of is that there are such things as Tumor Markers in the blood, but my blood tests don’t read abnormally in that area. He says that is sometimes the case, especially with Breast Cancer.
In just feeling the tumor, it is obvious that it is smaller! We are so pleased that God is moving to take care of me and eliminate this tumor. I know that he hears all of your prayers and that our mighty God, along with the mega-doses of chemo, are working!
As for today, chemo went so smoothly. My mother-in-law, Martha, went with me and prayed with me right before they started the IV. I had NO reactions to the meds this time. It was such a praise! There were so many people there. It seems that the chair across from us was the chatty seat. Both ladies that sat there while I was being treated, were loud, funny and super talkative! They were entertaining everyone with their stories! Both ladies had defeated their breast cancers and were in a maintenance phase of treatment. They were getting HR2 which goes with hormonal receptive cancers (mine is not). It made the time pass quickly, although not very restfully.
After the treatment, I was feeling fine, so we went over to the American Cancer Society to try on wigs. They give every person who walks in their doors a free wig. I have been thinking about getting one for those times when I want to go out in public and not have people staring at me, or time when I want to dress up and no hat matches the occasion. We took some pictures and will be posting those soon. You have to choose from the selection that they have on-hand, and they were expecting to get more in by Monday, so I put my name on one but will go back in and see what else they have!
So that is it for now. Tomorrow we’ll see how I feel. I might go to work, but for sure I’ll have the White Blood Cell Booster shot.
Thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement. God is good – all the time!
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4 Responses to “Chemo – Round 2 done!”
wendideetz on 15 Nov 2007 at 8:18 pm #
I feel so blessed to be inspired by your strength during this time and so impressed with the grace with which you carry yourself.
May you continue to feel the joy that comes right off the computer screen at me through this post.
Lots of love,
Wendi
CherylGregSimoneMarcus on 16 Nov 2007 at 2:56 am #
Woo Hoo! Round 2 done! Praise God! I’ll go mark the day off on our calendar. You keep up the positive thoughts and we will keep praying! Love ya!
RenaeHerbTolbert on 16 Nov 2007 at 4:47 am #
What a PRAISE!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the amazing report!!
In His Love and Grace,
Renae
sheribaker on 16 Nov 2007 at 6:46 pm #
That is so fantastic! All of it – from chatty cancer survivors to no side effects to free wigs! And now you’re two sessions down and only six more to go. Woo hoo!
Sheri