Friday, July 20, 2007

Movin on into cycle 4 treatment 7 down


So I have moved into cycle 4, treatment 7. I've made it over the half way point, as long as I'm on the 6month plan still. After treatment 8 i will have a Petscan and probably a ct scan and other stuff. I'll find out everything that i get a perscription for on the day of the 8th treatment.

I have to say todays treatment flew by and was quicker then previous treamtents. I went in at noon, an hour after last week and the week before. Annnnddd i was done before 3pm and usually i think I was done after 3. Today I more or less slept through todays treatment. I was tired. My leg muscles lately have been feeling like they've been tightening and wanting to stretch all night long. I just lay there stretching and not falling asleep and then end up takin a muscle relaxer and finally going to sleep. But usually after 2am. ugh. So I was sleepy and dozed, hopefully didn't snore! lol. During one point, Priscella uped the speed on the DTIC and i felt the IV move over my hand, woke me up. She just gently said go back to sleep lol. I knew what she did and the next thing I knew she was puttin a new bag on there!

After treatment I,in typical style after treatments, went and saw a movie. Although this time without mom as she flew back home last weekend. I went and saw Hairspray. I have to say it was fun and enjoyable. Some very funny moments and good performances from almost everybody. I'd say don't go into it with the idea of the original movie as it is differnet. Drop my a line if you've seen it and just want to chat about it. There's some fun cameos of actors in the history of the different movie and stage show that are fun and a fun number in the credits (That was in the stage show) you gotta watch to the end to see who it was performed by. Just really fun.

Well the tinglies are starting in my feet now. Guess I really need to get on the regimen of taking the vitamin B, I realy slacked this last two weeks. I'll go mon tue and wed and go get my neupogen shots because i'm too much of a wuss to give it to myself! :) I got that nasty taste in my mouth. it's moved from sickly sweet to just nasty uck. so i'm chompin on sweettarts to help mask that taste!
now I'm currently watching Scott Baio 45 and single. Yeah he's a womanizer (or at least was) adn is kind of a jerky a$$! no wonder he's single. But it is nice to see past girlfriends tell him off! lol gotta love VH1 and their reality shows. Although I did read that one of his friends (the older brother from The Wonder Years who i thnk is a producer/director now) is supposedly setting up the "real life" scenes it it. Just something I read online whether its real or not I dunno. this is just the first episode i've seen lol. Oh and his friend is a jerk too. whether he's acting that way or is that way, geez what an a$$!

it's funny how once you get diagnosed with HD all of a sudden you hear about a hundred other people who now have it, have had it or have just been diagnosed. Before this I think maybe i had heard of 1 person probably a celebrity.

Ok and for my voice teacher who asked why i didn't include this tidbit.... June 8 was our voiceclass. havent been to one since i think jsut before xmas time. ( i should remember when it was as it was at my house last time)Anywyas i decided to go to the class although I hadn't been to a lesson since February, and I havne't really been practicing except for some singing along with the radio ha! so i went to the class. They're always fun, get to catch up with friends not seen in a while, hear everyone sing. I still was thinking I probably wont sing. But a little piece of me wanted to as I did bring some music. And I did end up getting up and singing. the word from my teach was that it as amazing and people were talking to her commenting and complementing it for the rest of the week. So yay for me! Makes me really want to get back in there and sing sing sing sing. So my new news in the singing ring is that I'm creating a show. when i hit the end of chemo will be the performing date. I'm actually thinking Nov-Jan sometime. And profits will be going to CancerCare, their young adult programs. Since I'm hooked up with them and think it's a good organization, has meaning for me.

so thats the skinny for today!
Have a great weekend!

2 comments:

Kelly Kane said...

Oh how fabulous that you're doing a show, I think I read something about it recently, but I don't think I mentioned how awesome it is. I'll totally come to it! And hooray for being on to #7 and having it fly by, sleeping is the best way to deal with getting chemo :) As for the tingles, I feel like I've heard something about that, hopefully your onc knows you're having them, I forget what it's called but, I think it's from chemo. And thanks for the suggestion with candy for the Wullster, I think I actually bought that. Okay you signed off of AIM, hopefully we'll catch up soon!!
XO

Anonymous said...

WOW! That really sums it up...WOW! You are an amazingly strong woman!

Love & miss you much,
Amy