Week # 1

Well week one is over and starting on week # 2 tomorrow.  Guess I wasn't as good at getting back to blogging as I thought!  Meeting with the Dr went ok..said the tumor has grown "a little" but not enough to get alarmed about.  Also my CA-125 jumped from 9 to 45.  Thinking it went high as I hadn't had chemo in 3 weeks.  I used to get all upset over that number, but now I just put it out of my mind..I figure if the Dr isn't concerned then I shouldn't be either.  The chemo went well thou it takes over 2 hours, where the last chemo was only 30 mins.  Thankfully I can sleep thru it.  Felt good after, in fact came home and was up till 9:00 that night.  Had a slight side effect of a rash on my face, but it went away after a day.  The tumor is pressing on my sciatic nerve and causing extreme pain.  I've been given muscle relaxers and pain pills to try and help.  Spending more time in bed than I'd like, but sitting is hard to do for a period of time and laying down seems to be the only was to relieve the pressure and pain.

I'm hoping that the next few treatments will shrink it enough so that I feel better.  It's awful living with the constant pain.  Plus the depression and anxiety don't help the situation. 

                                                       Peace &  Love