I haven’t updated on here in a while. A lot has happened. After chemo #10 I had another cat scan to see my progress. I knew that it would not be as good as my last report. I had been feeling bloated and I could see my body swelling. I gained 10 lbs which is not normal at all. I was right, the fluid was building back in my body; in my abdomen and lungs. This is apparently happening because the cancer I have is in the lining of these organs, tricking them into making more fluid than necessary.
The bad news is that the chemo has stopped working. The good news is that my cancer markers are still going down and it hasn’t grown or spread.
I am on a new chemo now. I go once a week. I have to take lots of steroids but I feel a lot better on it than on the other chemo. I no longer have to take the baby bottle home which is is really convenient. I’m going to lose my hair.
I was very upset at first, convinced I was dying. I keep telling myself that this isn’t what dying feels like. I get up every day, I can live my life pretty normally. I have almost NO symptoms at all except for the fluid. It could be way worse.
OH! And I had a big chunk of the fluid removed in my abdomen. The chemo will eat the rest but it was nice to get a head start. People keep thinking I’m pregnant but I was just SO SWOLLEN. They took out 4 liters. 4 fucking liters and I still have a ton in there.
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