My face has been getting better every day. I think the prednisone reducing the inflammation really helped things get started. I can wiggle my eyebrows again, flare my nostrils most of the way, and the right side of my mouth is now participating in smiles again! Drinking from a cup is once again not just for movie …
I’d been settled into the chemotherapy groove. I generally knew what to expect; I knew when things were going to taste bad, when I was going to be an insomniac, when I would get my energy back.
Last week my groove got messed up!
It started with a pain in and under my ear. A soreness that …
Yesterday I walked on my own power from the 4th floor observation rooms to the 5th floor Oncology Infusion Services department.
When we got to the desk the friendly staff announced “you must be Tom Music!” My reputation (and my appointment) preceeded me.
They took me to my room, showed us where to find the snacks and …
July 22, 2009 – 9:25 am
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged adriamycin, cytoxan, dilaudid, dr norman, nurse ruth ann, oncology infusion services, prednisone, r-chop, rituximab, rituxin, vincristine
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I’ve finished my first round of chemotherapy! Heading home now. I’ll write in much more detail when I get home.
As long as I don’t vomit on my keyboard.
After the meeting with Dr Norman, we headed to our first meeting of the Seattle Cancer Lifeline’s Lymphoma Networking Group. It was so very worth it.
We had a lot of questions that would be difficult for the doctor to answer. Questions that make people who’ve already been through this ideal resources.
We picked up some food …