Mom is fighting the "tired's" right now, but she's resting and working on getting built back up after the third chemotherapy treatment. It appears that maybe the side-effects are cumulative as this bout with fatigue seems to be worse than the prior two.
She is not eating as much as before but still is maintaining her weight. She has had some nausea after this treatment (see cumulative effects above) and she has mentioned to me that she is afraid sometimes to eat because she doesn't want to get sick. Dad and I have talked with her about this and over the past couple of days, there has been an improvement. She ate a little more and hasn't had any nausea to speak of.
We are scheduling a brain MRI and upper body CAT scans for next week sometime. Dr. Aurora (her oncologist) wants to do those now, instead of after the fourth chemotherapy treatment. Hopefully, the results will be positive. We'll just have to wait and see.
For everyone that continues to help out and support Mom and Dad, we say thank you.
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Hi Norma,
ReplyDeleteWanted you to know that we will miss you at TCEA, but will certainly have you in our thoughts and prayers. Continue to rest and get your strength built up.
Love ya,
Nancy
Norma,
ReplyDeleteHello from the TCEA Conference. Lots of folks asking about you. Eat when you can, rest up, and know we're missing you.
Barb Smith