Thursday, September 17, 2015

Fun with Chemo and Radiation


Apologies for the lengthy absence.

I'm done with the radiation on the tumor in my midsection between my adrenal gland and right kidney as of late August. My midsection and part of my legs this week decided to flake skin like crazy. Thank goodness I have Gold Bold lotion (with aloe inside) and Ki to help apply it. This is likely caused by the the radiation. Fortunately I didn't have any burning side effects, essentially this is dry skin with no other noticeable side effects.

After this I started a chemo regime once every week, 3 weeks on and 1week off. I've been getting 2 different drugs ideally together, but blood platelet levels are determining if I can have both, or one. And I'm taking so many other medications, the name of the both chemo drugs simply elude me. Turbofloxicilan or something like that x2. This week I only was able to receive 1 of them and I'm pretty tired.

Ki made the mistake of checking the adoptable kittens at the pet store... And this kitty's name has changed from snowball or snowflake (or something like that) to Q-tip, or Bubba-Q. He's 3 months old, and is ruling the roost. He's very active, and already seems to have adapted to 2 sister cats, the food and the house.