This was a good week overall. A bit of trepidation getting mentally ready for the chemo session. Not sure why there is any trepidation. This has become an almost routine event.
Janet had to work this week, and Devin had to go to his piano lesson. I drove to the hospital for the 10:00AM appointment. Registered. [...]

Last week was bad.
Slept badly in spite of not feeling guilty about it.
A whole bunch of side effects, which we believe to be from Avastin. My skin has felt hot all week. No temperature or nausea or or feeling hot or anything that is usually associated with hot skin. Just very hot skin. Janet keeps [...]

avastin, avastin
what art thou
you come in a plastic bag
invading my heart
poisoning my body
weakening my spirit
racing through my body
wrecking ball that you are
stopping blood vessels from forming
killing cancer cells
yet here we are
eight days later
reeling from your invasion
exhausted from your tentacles
sleeping or awake
not feeling like much
going through the motions
dealing with your pain
avastin, avastin
what art thou

Surprise! We get Avastin today. Dr. Hedley feels that enough time has gone by for me to have healed. Damn the creation of blood vessels. Full steam ahead.
We searched the web for the side effects of Avastin. It includes just about anything that is not included with the other drugs. name it, and it is [...]

No chemo last week. I now have the pleasure f an extended good week. This makes up for the days H1N1 stole from me.
I went to the blood clinic as usual last Wednesday after the Art Therapy session. Devin had to be at work by 3:00. We decided to give the clinic a try. We [...]

The jury is out on the sleep resolution taken last night. Having said that, I slept quite well, if sporadically. But in the new spirit of any sleep is a good sleep, I accepted the vagaries of the night and woke up at some point in the morning in fine spirits.
This boded well for the [...]