February 27 thru March 7
February 27—took a rest day after the big brick yesterday. Felt good though.
February 28—Ran 8 miles at the track this morning. Was able to hold 6:30 on 6x1200. The run felt good and strong. Today is chemo treatment #5. In speaking with the Doctor today, we decided that since my cough had improved (but not totally gone) and my run was feeling pretty strong, that we would continue with the Bleomycin (boy I hate that word-makes me nauseous just to say it) for one more treatment and then review it again. I had a CT scan on the 2/23 and we discussed the results from that. It really did not show anything to be alarmed about, but he is going to forward it to another Radiologist for review and compare it to the CT scan I had done back in November when this all started. Good plan I think ! Blood Work-my white counts were low today, low enough that the Doctor decreased the dosage of 2 of the 4 chemo drugs. He did this to allow my counts to come back up some. I had a tough time during treatment today. I felt pretty sick to my stomach and had to take something for it so I wouldn’t “lose my lunch”. That made me sleepy, but helped with the situation. Afterwards, I went home and was in bed by 6:00 or so. Slept pretty good all night.
February—Oops, I mean March 1—Felt pretty yukky today. Pretty typical for the day after. Went to work to stay busy. I would rather be busy at work than stay home and lay around. The days following chemo are typified with no appetite (but I still eat). Foods with salt or sugar, well all foods-taste bland. They smell fine, I just can’t taste them. Drink lots of water to help keep my kidneys flushed out and the rest of my digestive tract.
March 2 thru March 5—We traveled to Phoenix for a wedding. I did not feel well (chemo) and took naps when I could. I really did not feel like running until Sunday, but then did not have time as we traveled home. My cough was back some, but not to the same level as a couple of weeks ago.
March 6—Took a day to catch up on work and sleep.
March 7—Ran at the track this morning. The run workout was tough since I hadn’t done anything in a week. I did run a total of 7 miles. The tough part of the workout was 4x1600 w 400 recovery. I tried to hold a pace that was to fast and ended up having a lot of trouble holding pace. I plan on running an easy 4 miles in the morning. I miss my Stuffer Kitty……More Later….. Ken
February 28—Ran 8 miles at the track this morning. Was able to hold 6:30 on 6x1200. The run felt good and strong. Today is chemo treatment #5. In speaking with the Doctor today, we decided that since my cough had improved (but not totally gone) and my run was feeling pretty strong, that we would continue with the Bleomycin (boy I hate that word-makes me nauseous just to say it) for one more treatment and then review it again. I had a CT scan on the 2/23 and we discussed the results from that. It really did not show anything to be alarmed about, but he is going to forward it to another Radiologist for review and compare it to the CT scan I had done back in November when this all started. Good plan I think ! Blood Work-my white counts were low today, low enough that the Doctor decreased the dosage of 2 of the 4 chemo drugs. He did this to allow my counts to come back up some. I had a tough time during treatment today. I felt pretty sick to my stomach and had to take something for it so I wouldn’t “lose my lunch”. That made me sleepy, but helped with the situation. Afterwards, I went home and was in bed by 6:00 or so. Slept pretty good all night.
February—Oops, I mean March 1—Felt pretty yukky today. Pretty typical for the day after. Went to work to stay busy. I would rather be busy at work than stay home and lay around. The days following chemo are typified with no appetite (but I still eat). Foods with salt or sugar, well all foods-taste bland. They smell fine, I just can’t taste them. Drink lots of water to help keep my kidneys flushed out and the rest of my digestive tract.
March 2 thru March 5—We traveled to Phoenix for a wedding. I did not feel well (chemo) and took naps when I could. I really did not feel like running until Sunday, but then did not have time as we traveled home. My cough was back some, but not to the same level as a couple of weeks ago.
March 6—Took a day to catch up on work and sleep.
March 7—Ran at the track this morning. The run workout was tough since I hadn’t done anything in a week. I did run a total of 7 miles. The tough part of the workout was 4x1600 w 400 recovery. I tried to hold a pace that was to fast and ended up having a lot of trouble holding pace. I plan on running an easy 4 miles in the morning. I miss my Stuffer Kitty……More Later….. Ken
posted by Ken at 9:52 AM
1 Comments:
Newman,
Great job on the run today! Your so kickin butt!!!!
Elaine
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