Friday, October 14, 2011

10/13/11 Last Chemo Treatment

It's finally here, my last chemo treatment.  I know the time has flown by fast for everyone else, but not so much for me.  For my last treatment I had my sister and Kevin by my side.  It was nice to have them both there.  The last treatment went well, my arm is still swollen up a bit and the fluids from the treatment only seemed to make it worse.  The doctor as a precaution, put me on antibotics to fight any possible infection.  I am suppose to keep my arm elevated as much as possible.  My face is really swollen up from the fluids.  I weighed myself before and after chemo and I have 6 lbs of fluids added on.  I stay all puffy for about 2 days and then the swelling will start to come down.  I am also taking water pills to help with the water retention, but it only helps so much.  I am also drinking lots of water to try and flush this chemo out of me asap.  I have some hair growing to do and it won't start until the chemo says bye bye to my body.      : 0 )

Today 10/14 I have to go for my 6 month mammogram followup appt.  I start 6 weeks of radiation in two weeks and the doctor wanted me to get this mammogram out of the way before I started radiation.
So off I go today for another appointment.

xoxoxo Sandy

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