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Treatment #13 - Lucky 13 right?

First up this week was blood work and then vitals.  Then I got to see Dr. Hamilton.  She gave us the results of the scan from last week.  She says they do not see anything on the scan, so what we are doing is working.  I told her my neuropathy has gotten worse, and she wasn’t happy with me that I hadn’t told her.  She has put me on medication to try and help that, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. 

This week starts the 2nd round of treatment.  It will last for 12 weeks, and I will now go every 3 weeks for treatment.  So that means I only have 3 more treatments to go.  I am starting new CHEMO drugs.  One of them is known as the red drug.  It looks like they are putting red Kool-Aid in me, which is crazy.  This week has been hard adjusting to the new drugs.  I am very tired and just feel weird, but I am lucky and thankful that I am on the right path to beat cancer.


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