Zzz’s

Another week of treatment in the books and another quiet week as I am adjusting to this new reality.  The only real change that happened for me last treatment was that my doctor decided to remove the steroids that they pump into you the day of treatment. She was reticent a couple weeks earlier because the steroids help stave off any reactions you might have to the chemo drugs.  Even though she said no one reacts to Abraxene, I would be her first with my track record.  But this last time she thought it through some and since they are trying to wean me off of my daily steroids (down to 4mg/day) it didn’t make sense that they jack me full of a high dose of steroids once a week. Another thing steroids do for you (other than what I stated above and the flushing reaction I mentioned in the last blog post) is it jacks you up.  Usually I (and others who get steroids at treatment) don’t sleep much that night and are full of nervous energy.  Well without the ‘roids running through my body, chemo was able to kick my ass in regards to energy levels.  On the drive home (and Brent was driving), I fell sound asleep.  Brent while stopped in construction woke me and I jarred awake with a start.  He asked if I was ok and I said I was just really sleepy.  He then followed up with the question: “are you sleep sleepy or out of it sleepy?” I thought that was pretty cute and said what answer would you expect if I was out of it sleepy?  He said he wouldn’t have expected a result.  Poor guy has been through so much with me I have him freaked out every time I fall asleep post treatment. But it was just the regular sleeps that I needed.  Got home that night and was in bed at 8 and slept most of the night through.

To give Brent a break from driving to Spokane every week or at least 2 weeks on and then a break for both of us for a week – I have had some friends drive me and this week my big brother came over and he’s going to drive me up.  Brent gets only a brief break though as the following Monday I have my 3rd follow-up MRI and he’s going to join me.  I appreciate him doing it but wish it wasn’t so far and it wasn’t the only place I was travelling to.  I did mention to my brother that Brent and I are looking at driving over to Seattle to see him one weekend post treatment since I will already be in WA (Spokane), but it probably won’t be until October or possibly later.  As I mentioned last blog I am getting a bit stir crazy and wishing I was able to travel and hike around the woods without falling over and go longer than 10 minutes before exhaustion kicks in.  Brent, attempting to pull me out of my pity party, was nice to point out that since I now get a week break between treatments (2 on 1 off) rather than an every week treatment, we could go back to Mexico and do some fishing. But then he also prefaced it with when we have money – sigh.  I am trying to sweet talk my way into some fishing with friends of ours in a couple weekends.  Hoping the weather will still be nice and I can get out with them for a bit. It will be nice to sit on a boat on a lake and likely with my luck, not catch anything.