Friday, May 17, 2013

G.I. Jane is back

Hey everyone : ) I hope this finds you all really well. I am now at the James in the Best Damn Hospital in the Land. LOL that was corny. Anyway... I was admitted yesterday and had my line put in yesterday afternoon. I was sore last night like crazy but ice packs helped and I am feeling better. I was wiped so I went to bed early and actually woke up early today. I started in on the normal routine :P nutrition, go for a walk, watch TV, talk to the crew of abbreviations (dr, rn, pca, np) AND repeat.

A little while ago I got bored and being the first day..it's one of the roughest when you get bored. All I could think about was how much I missed my family. I started getting emotional (surprise) about it and then I thought...they're coming tomorrow...geesh, stop it and find something to do LOL. 

About a week ago the cancer clinic in town donated 9 cranes to my LLS team fundraiser and I hadn't had a chance to make them yet. SO that's what I did:
These are a couple of the nurses here and a PCA. These people are the best. These cranes made me feel better and gave me hope. Thanks to the Cancer clinic for their donation. I hope once they are finished and hung they can provide hope to many many more fighters. 

You know what else happens when you are bored? And you have cancer? You shave your head :D It's going to fall out anyway and having it shaved just doesn't bother me at this point. Actually it's kind of easier and I didn't want to have to see it falling out so I had them go ahead and get rid of it. They kept asking if I was sure lol... I don't think they are used to people volunteering... 

Something kind of cool... last time I was in for an infection from chemo, they did an echo of my heart. Normal is about 60%, mine was at 50%. They did an echo yesterday to prepare for the clinical trial I will be on and it had improved all the way to 60%. My heart actually got stronger haha! 

So from here it is chemo until I am in remission and then I will have to have an allogenic (from someone else) bone marrow transplant. We'll see how it goes. Just trying to keep the positivity goin! Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment and I'll talk to you later :)

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