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Subject: Week off


Author:
Cliff
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Date Posted: 00:15:49 09/18/04 Sat
In reply to: Stacy 's message, "41st CHEMO" on 11:09:59 09/17/04 Fri
 I guess having every fourth week off from chemo helps, huh? My dad seemed to think so. It gave him a little extra time to get his weight back up a little, regain some strength, and get his blood counts back up. Maybe you'll be strong enough to leap tall buildings in a sinle bound!
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Stacy
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Date Posted: 23:16:22 09/22/04 Wed
That 4th week always helps. I have been REAL tired this week so I am relieved to have this week as a break week. I called the nurses today to ask them if I needed to come in to have my counts checked this week since the platelets were low last week. They said no but I need to watch for bruising for no reason. If my platelets were down to around 50 then I would have needed to go back in to be checked.

I don't have the problem of losing weight. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. LOL! I have definitely put on a few pounds thoughout this journey. I'd like to lose some of it but they say you shouldn't lose too much weight while on chemo. Supposedly it helps to keep weight on.

How is your dad doing these days?
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Cliff
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Date Posted: 23:23:24 09/23/04 Thu
My dad lost a little weight during chemo. They had him eating all kinds of things--stuff that would normally be considered fattening--to try to keep up his weight as much as possible. He was eating ice cream every evening! I'm sure your doctor is happy that you can keep your weight up. Dad is doing quite well. In fact, I had a message from my mom yesterday. She said:

Flash!!!! Pop's x-ray today showed no tumor!!!!!! The doctor was so pleased, we both got the impression he doesn't often get to give such good news. We saw the first x-ray and todays. I am glad I didn't see the first one then, I saw it today and the tumor looked huge to me!!!! But todays showed nothing!!!!! We are indeed happy. We know too, that if a single cell got away it could turn up somewhere else. but that is not on our minds, we are just going to enjoy every day as it comes.
He still has the numbness, that could take months to go away. Pop says it is just a mite better, he doesn't use the walker so much now, just if he will be walking distances without anything to lean on. In Wegmans he uses a cart, today he walked all over the hospital to have the x-ray and then hand carry it to the doctors.
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Stacy
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Date Posted: 00:41:07 09/29/04 Wed
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR DAD!! I bet he's thrilled there's no tumor!! That's wonderful news!! Yea, the numbing can take quite a while to go away. Maybe even up to a year. I will continue to keep him in my prayers. I will pray that the cancer doesn't come back.
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