Here We Go ... Second Round

Looking Forward to This Week

This is my "off" week coming up. No chemo or office visits for a week... Yay!!!

Fun  by the fire with Gary. Thanks kids for the fire pit! 

Relaxing After a Four-week Whirlwind

The past almost four weeks have been a whirlwind of care facilities, doctors, nurses, care providers, tests, and needles. Here is a rundown:

• Visit to Instacare for nausea
• Trip to to ER because of a cough and extreme weakness
• Blood tests ... very anemic
• Blood infusion (2 units)
• Admission to the hospital
• CT scan to determine that I had pneumonia
• More blood tests
• More blood
• Scope to look for internal bleeding
• Bone marrow biopsy
• Cancer diagnosis
• More blood
• Full body bone x-rays ... wahoo no holes!
• Blood tests
• Home healthcare visit
• Utah Cancer Specialists initial visit
• Primary care doc visit
• Pain doctor visit for back injury
• Dentist
• Chemo class
• Zoo - this was a fun outing with my girls
• Chemo treatment
• Pain doc
• More blood (2 more units)
• Epidural lumbar steroid injection
• And last but not least - Chemo injection #2

Chemo Day 1

The journey begins!

After being diagnosed with multiple myeloma a few weeks ago the regiment of chemo therapy begins today.

This will include shots two days per week and oral medications every day for two weeks and one week off for several months.

The chemo therapy will lower my immune system and so I will limit my exposure to the bad bugs by not taking in visitors or continuing teaching preschool. My Rachelle will take over for the rest of the school year.