Treatment 6: Chemo (Half Way Done)
Last Friday marked the sixth of twelve Chemo treatments complete. All has been going really well and I feel as though I have finally mastered the technique of after treatment recovery (knock on wood). I've has no signs of nausea and the only recognizable side effects left after treatments have been a strong dislike of ice and a constant after taste in the mouth that usually lasts for a week. I have not had any recurrence of mouth sores in the last two treatments which has been a major blessing. In addition to being halfway complete through the chemo cycle I was also able to receive the full report of the PET Scan from two weeks ago which stated I was responding "excellent" to treatments (a term not used too frequently) and that all (or most) of the lymphoma (cancer) is gone. I also got off one of my medications to help lower my heart rate this week. Life has definitely been going well. Still have a low blood count and visits from those who are healthy odds ...