It has been a while since I updated but everything is going quite well. Josh finished up his last treatment of round 3 this past Tuesday. So now all he has left is 1 more round of treatment!! Monday Josh had a PFT (pulmonary function test) to see how his lungs are functioning. We knew …
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Isn’t this suppose to be the bad week?
Yes, this is supposed to be the bad week but so far it hasn’t! Sunday night was not the greatest but so far Josh hasn’t gotten sick since Saturday night. Yesterday and today he has been really weak. Tuesday he got his bleo treatment. After that he went to work for a little bit. After …
Josh is eating again!!
Josh has been eating all weekend. Lots of stuff…I am so proud of him. Yesterday was a really good day…I think the best one we have had so far in fact. We had to be at the cancer center early for his Neulasta shot then we went to get the oil changed in the car …
Round 3 chemo is over!
Josh finished his round 3 chemo today! Now he has 9 days of chemo left. Two bleo treatments the next 2 tuesdays, 1 more big round and two more bleo treatments after that! He is still having a really good week. Yesterday was kinda rocky…we had to be at the cancer center at 9:30 and …
Quick update
We are now ½ way though the third treatment. This round is going very well. Josh is like a different person. He is eating more, feeling better, doing more stuff…just all around a different person. His new craving for the week is Doritos cool ranch. He has met some wonderful people at the cancer center, today …
Chemo: Round 3 / Day 1
Today started round 3 chemo. Today was a good day which is great since of course it is now time for him to feel bad again. Josh is really nervous about this round since its the first full round being done outpatient but today went okay. His new craving is sour cream and onion chips …
5 year anniversary
Yesterday was Josh & I’s 5 year wedding anniversary. Before he got sick I had planned on us going away for the weekend. He has still been really sick from the chemo so we stayed in all day. Today he seems to be a little better just in time for his next chemo round tomorrow …
Home again, home again
Josh was released on Tuesday late. We didn’t get home until 8:30. I had to go get his medicine yesterday. He is one 2 antibiotics and 1 new nausea medicine that costs almost $80 for 1 week. We are really 1/2 way through, only 2 more chemo rounds to go. He starts the next round …
Sundays update
Josh seems to be in a little more pain today than he has been in. He did keep down a tiny bit of mac and cheese tonight. The doctor making rounds this weekend was Dr. Fintel which was who we originally wanted to see but Schertz had the first available appointment. We really like Fintel. …
Good news & bad news
Josh was transferred to RMH today. It was quite a battle. He was opposed to being transferred but I demanded it. I love FMH and Dr. Barrett BUT he is 28 with stage 3 cancer, we don’t see that at FMH. He is very serious. If he has any chance of healing from this he …