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I guess I'm winding the blog down a bit. I know that's obvious as my entry's are getting few and far between. That's a good thing - there's been little to report. I hope to keep it open for a couple years, making the occasional entry, and then mark 5 years after diagnosis - and then they'll call me cured! My Day to Day is now on Facebook where I invite my new Vox friends to "befriend me" :) I am grateful to Vox for allowing me this blog service. It has been theraputic for me and hopefully informative to my friends and family and other Cancer patients. And of course I'm grateful to my friends, new and old, for making this blog a nice place for me to retreat to during my treatment. I needed it. Thank You.
soooo..... the past 6 months have been relatively care-free health-wise. I still take 100 mg of Mercatopurine (6-mp) daily and 20 mg of Methotrexate weekly. I'll say this about my maintainance therapy 1.5-2 years after diagnosis - I feel like my slightly compromised immune system (from the slightly lower blood levels) cause me to suffer colds and flu's longer. I've been sick 3 times this past year (once for almost 2 months last spring) and twice took antibiotics to help me over "the hump." I'm currently at the tail end of the flu and started antibiotics today because I know now "the tail end" can last for a long time. A couple times, while sick, I felt that familiar "Chemo tired" for a day or 2. But when I'm not sick I feel fine aside from the occassional head congestion I attribute to the chemo - particularly on Friday mornings after I take both medications (thursday night). I'll find out if this is chemo-related in 3 months because....
that's when I stop taking chemotherapy! No more (life-giving) poison in my system! I can barely imagine it! I went to the clinic today and saw Dr. Linker and he suprised me by saying I would be done in April. I had discussed this the last clinic visit with Pricilla (my NP) and she said It would be October before I stopped. I am very curious about how my body will respond after this momentous occassion. Will I feel like Superman? I hope so! I'm just looking forward to catching a cold for a week only! I also found out today my blood levels were stable, where they should be and that my liver is functioning well. woo hoo!
So that's it. I'm in a wonderful mood because of today's report and Dr. Linker surprise. I hope everyone is well and happy! Enjoy yourselves! much love!
Here is a couple fairly recent photos from my trip to Doha, Qatar for tennis and Kochi, India for pleasure:
