It has been about a week and half since my last chemo
treatment, and I am feeling pretty normal.
I've been working in lab consistently since last Monday without any
problems. The side effects didn't linger
much and my minor GI issues straightened themselves out within a few days of
being done. It was fairly liberating
getting my port line taken out so that I don't have a tube dangling from my
chest all day every day anymore. My next
treatment is a week from tomorrow and will only take one day.
One issue that has popped up the last few days is that I
have a presumptive bacterial infection causing a couple of the lymph nodes in
my armpit to swell up. I first noticed
some pain a few days ago and discovered the lumps on Sunday. I had them checked out yesterday at the
Cancer Clinic where they took some blood samples to do some cultures. They put me on another antibiotic, and the
swelling should go down within a couple of days if it works. If not, they'll probably have to cut them
open to drain since the nodes have been growing pretty rapidly over the past
two days. Hopefully I will get the
results of the culture back in the next day or so to see if it will affect my
treatment or not.
That's all for now.
If I don't post again for awhile, you can safely assume I'm doing
OK. No news from me is good news.
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