All Numbered

Still here and kicking!  ;)  Or maybe I should say 'slipping.'

After 'reaching over my head' and pulling on my port last Wednesday, I then proceeded to slip in the shower on Thursday, landing pretty hard on my left foot and catching myself with my right hand. Thankfully, my port didn't hurt at the time nor all that much later in the evening. But I must have given myself whiplash because the back of my neck hurt all night long! Not even the narcotic pain medicine made my neck feel better.

I called the next day and talked to the port nurse and told her what all I had done - the reaching and the slipping in the tub, but after having me describe how my two incisions looked, she didn't think there was a problem. So, hopefully, no more bumps or bruises from here on out!

I am feeling better today, but am still surprised how quickly I go downhill when I start any activity. After about 20-25 minutes, I will start feeling very tired and then nauseated. I don't know how some people are able to continue working while doing chemo - God bless them!

This week, I will be a third of the way through my first 12 chemo sessions! Yea! Also, on Wednesday, my daughter will visit with two specialists at Texas Children's while I am at MD Anderson. 

Peach fuzz, while I still  have it!

She will see an endocrinologist who, hopefully, will rule out diabetes for her. Then she will see a neurologist who thinks she is a good candidate for a clinical study he is conducting. She has the same symptoms as in the study - fainting, near fainting, nausea, poor temperature control, etc. If she is selected, maybe that study will help determine how best to treat her as well.

Caden still is having trouble with his Crohn's, but isn't wanting to start with a new doctor and clinical trials, so please keep him in your prayers. Specifically that the medicine, Cimzia, will start working again!

While you're praying for the health of my son, daughter and I, please put in a prayer for my husband, Bryan, as well. Please pray specifically that he will have the strength to handle his entire family having major illness/diseases all at once. He is juggling taking us all to our doctor visits while working full-time and part-time in his home business! Sometimes I think he probably needs more prayer than the rest of us!

By the way, as you can see from the picture above, my hair is gone. I had noticed a lot of hair on my hands when I shampooed last so I went to see my hairdresser for advice - she has helped several women who have lost their hair through chemo treatments so I wanted to know if I was over-reacting about my hair loss. When she ran her hand through my hair and came up with a fistfull she said that from her experience, I only had a day or two left. So, since numerous hairs were already falling into my food (yuk!) I told her to take go ahead and take it. At least I have a nicely shaped head, or so I've been told. ; )

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Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground

apart from your Father’s will.  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:29-31