On June 19th I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I had a tumor that was 15cm in size. The tumor was removed, but not before it ruptured. I now am facing chemo to ensure all is clean. This has not been easy so thought that talking about it with others would help me and maybe others. Please feel free to write about your experience and offer any suggestions you might have. I look forward to hearing from you.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Chemo Treat #2 Day 19
Good morning all, didn't get a chance to update you this weekend so I thought I would jump on here this morning and give you a quick update. I had a pretty good week last week. Worked all week with no problems. I was pretty tired so had a very lazy weekend just trying to catch up. Kenny came into town this weekend and made me another batch of meatballs to get me through this next chemo cycle. Jed and Quintin also came by this weekend. It was so good to see them. We went to dinner with Mom and Dad Friday night and had a great time. I believe, for the time being anyway, that my hair has stopped falling out. I expected it to start falling out again around the 15th day as it did last time, but it has not. I am now at this in between stage with my hair. I am almost bald, but not quite. Still have patches of hair which is not the cutest do in the world, but that's okay. For now, I am wearing ball caps only, as they seem to look ok and are not too hot. I imagine as we get colder I will wear scarfs or do rags underneath to keep my head warm. My Neuropathy has not gotten any better in my right hand, but has pretty much gone away in my feet and my left hand. All in all I feel wonderful! Thank you Jesus. I continue to feel your prayers every day so please keep them coming. I have a pretty busy week coming.. Today I have my Doc appt.. lots of questions for him this time.. Look out Doc.. Wednesday is Chemo treat #3, then Neulasta shot (kicks my butt) on Thursday and then Friday through Sunday we shall deal with the side effects. I pray that by Monday I will be over the hump and back on my way to feeling good again. I will try to get Brian or Terrie or Momma to post an update this weekend if I am unable. I hope you all have an amazing week!!!! I thank God each and every day for everyone of you!!!! Thank you all so much for going through this with me... I know in my heart I couldn't do it without you or him! Thank you!!!!! I love you all!!!!
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Hi Ms. Paden,
ReplyDeleteWe all fight a battle of our own in our lives... And we are all here to celebrate the victory of others... But we have the right to celebrate only if we have supported them in their struggles... And you definitely can celebrate the victory of others... You are supporting others through this blog... And we will celebrate your victory... Bravo!!!
Thank you so very much Vysakh. My intent when I started this blog was to give myself a place to speak about my experiences with cancer and to help others in some small way if possible by reading my story. Your comment helps me to see that we can all make a difference no matter how great or small! Thank you so very much!!!!
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