Chemo

I can’t believe we are at Day -2 already! This morning Gaby helped me apply a giant tegaderm bandage/sticker over my PICC line so I could shower and get some of this iodine solution (or whatever it is) off of my skin. It looked like I got a horrible spray tan. I had to make […]

Day-3//Look at All Those Stem Cells!!

Woohoo! Today was a successful harvest day for me! A doctor came in this morning to check my blood to see if I was ready for stem cell collection and then we waited around anxiously for an hour before we got word that I was ready. I rode to the hospital with two other patients […]

Day -4//Picc Line

I made it. Got my picc line in and I’d like to say it wasn’t as bad as I thought, but it was a very emotional day. Between the anxiety, the pain of the IV and picc line, the bone pain, and my hormonal emotions, today was down right exhausting. I shed lots of tears […]

Day -5//Bone Pain and Earthquakes!

It was a rather uneventful day inside the apartment today but very eventful on the other end of the country! Another earthquake rattled the lower part of Mexico today. It happened to be in the same area that was hit by an earthquake shortly before I arrived here in Monterrey. The city of Puebla was […]

Day -6

Today was a pretty great day. After my morning shot from Dr. Lesly, I met up with Chris and Anji on the rooftop terrace for some fresh air. Chris decided today was his day to shave his hair so we all waited for another patient Stacey and her carer Vicki to come up and do […]

Day -7//Coctails and Shots

Just another day of coctails and shots! That is, coctails of pills and shots of Filgrastim. Hey, a girl can dream!! Today started the coctails of everything “anti-“. Antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, antinausea, anti anything that could make me sick while my white blood cell count is really low and my susceptibility to illnesses is really […]

Day -8//Filgrastim//Relax

Not a whole lot to share about today. I started the day with a quick internet refresher on Mexico’s Independence Day which was today and the difference between today and Cinco de Mayo. You’d think I’d know this from going to a Spanish immersion school for 7 years growing up! My teachers would be so […]

Day -9//is it hot in here or is it just me?

Today started with Dr Lesly coming in and giving me my morning Filgrastim injection and checking out my throat because it started feeling sore last night. Gaby kept an eye on my temperature and we decided to take some Tylenol and see if that takes care of it. If not, I’ll get on some antibiotics […]

Day -10//Filgrastim//Video Update

Today was kind of a slow day that started with a Doctor (I called her a nurse in my video) coming in and giving me my first Filgrastim injection. I was feeling pretty good this morning but after my shot I felt a little nauseous and after riding to and from the clinic for our […]

Day -11//More Chemo//Video Update

Good evening (well now it is the morning)! I did not expect to be up this late but I wanted to get this posted before I went to bed. Today (September 13) was our second day of chemo. Same as yesterday. The chemo hit me a little harder today and I definitely experienced some nausea […]