It's 12.39am, 18/11/2020 and I'm thinking about what this round of chemo has in stall for me.
1st Chemo - I experienced nausea (vomiting), Neuropathy shooting nerve pain in fingers and feet, Neutropenia no white cells to fight off any infections so I've been living in a bubble,, muscle aches like I was recovering from a car accident, chemo brain, ulcers in the mouth I could only eat baby food, and infectious blisters around my body. Oh and not to forget hair loss.
2nd Chemo - Docetaxol drug was cut by 20%, It still came out strong with side effects, my respiratory tract has been struggling, affected my breathing I had to be hospitalised and a raging rash covering my body from head to toe, its left me limping everywhere I go, my oncologist was blown away by how angry my skin flared up and asked to take photos so she could get opinions from specialists.
3rd Chemo - Because of my recent reactions with round 2, Oncologists have decided to swap Docetaxol drug with Doxorubicin which according to consumer.healthday.com is one of the most powerful chemo drugs invented and comes with equal force of side effects including a slight chance I may develop and secondary cancer (leukemia). However it'll allow time for the skin on my body to begin the healing process.
I'm physically challenged at the moment with movement, I'm mentally afraid of what's to come tomorrow, but I'm spiritually preparing to see better days, and for now, it's enough to get me out of bed and on that chemo chair, I'm just two steps away from alternative treatments, step one starts in 8 and a half hours.
