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It is 7:30 in the morning on Tuesday. I wake up this morning and I feel great. I feel human. I feel a little sleepy, but I feel normal. The round one chemo has left my system and I am a semi-functioning adult. My energy level is back up to where I can walk around…
Yearly Archives: 2008
Merry Christmas from the Brookbanks
My mom is staying with us through our “ordeal”. She’s been here for almost a month and it’s been great having her around. She helps out with everything and has made it so much easier on my young bride and myself, but mainly it’s just nice (at risk of sounding fruity) having her around emotionally….
Got admitted to the hospital yesterday on a whim. Had some blood drawn at the clinic and they said my white count was too low……WAY too low. They wanted to pump me up with some platelets – the stuff they yank out of your blood that causes scabbing. I’m still wondering who’s I got –…
Round one of chemo is complete. Thank God. Truth be told, it’s not as bad as I was anticipating…..bed-ridden, vomit and diarrhea inducing, chills, fevers…..maybe some crying….. It was all that, but not to the extreme I was thinking. Sort of like a flu. I saw one of those posters in the hospital – it’s…