Infussion day

What a bloody long day! I received 2 units of blood today and was hoping for an instant boost of energy. Maybe tomorrow I will show huge improvements in that area. Otherwise I am feeling pretty good! I sure do have some major 'chemo brain" going on! I can't seem to think straight and my memory is jacked up! It is so strange! Don't ask me anything hard...ok? Later-

First Chemo day done!

So, I showed up for chemo at 10:00 and didn't get home till after 7pm. I came home a very hungry caterpillar.....ate through some chicken, mash potatoes, cornbread and then attempted a brownie. Can't have brownies without ice cold milk.....oh yea! That is where I dropped the ball. Sucked down the milk and was in instant pain. They weren't kidding about this cold thing. All in all, chemo went very well. I had great nurses and suffered very little side effects(so far). But it is the little things we have to appreciate. Oh, by the way, PET scan came back showing only the three tumors. Now lets kick some cancer a$%! We can all rest well tonight! Love you all!

Last day before start of chemo

Monday we were talking about getting out and enjoying Tuesday for the last day before chemo. Unfortunately, we spent the afternoon at the doctors office instead. I don't think my tumors enjoyed being radioactive! I spiked a temperature at 6 pm, at 2 am, at 8 am and again at 11am. Crap! I didn't have anymore energy left after that! I called the doctor to see what they thought, for peace of mind mostly. They had me come in for blood work and to see the nurse practitioner. The only blood work that came back worrisome was my hematocrit at 24 and my hemoglobin at 8. This is down from 29/9 from the day before. Tomorrow we will recheck it and decide on whether or not to transfuse some blood. I almost hope they do.....this may give me more energy. PET scan results should come back tomorrow as well. Big day for the Curro house! Keep us in your prayers.

PET scan day

As to be expected, I did not receive any information today :(. I should be getting the results the same day I start chemo.........that's not cool. The girl who got me started was the same one that drew my blood work last time. I walked back into the room and the first thing she noticed was my super cute hair cut. I then showed her my super cute port, and we celebrated with some more blood work! Yea! Then I had to drink this super yummy barium drink....ok, it really was not super yummy, it tasted like a whole cup of strawberry flavored Milk of Mag. Mmmmm. The radiology tech came to get me. We stopped by the puzzle table to let the gang know I would be an hour and a half and to grab my coat to go outside to the mobile PET scan. It looks like a tractor trailer with fancy writing on the side. Inside there were 2 chairs side by side with a half wall between them. The tech put me in one of the recliners and hit me with the radioactive glucose via my port, flushed me and then told me to kick back and relax for 45 minutes. I threw in my Ipod and did just that. Can't do much more in a room the size of my closet. After 45 minutes she came and got me, had me put my coat on to go back into the cancer center to pee and have the needle removed from my awesome port and have it properly SASH'd by the tech and back out to the trailer we went. The scan itself took about 45 minutes. I was gradually pulled through the doughnut while I jammed out to my Ipod and then I was done. I went inside the cancer center to fetch my sisters and John and dug through the candy bowl for a box of very much needed Nerds, man was I hungry! By the way, I am not to be hanging out with any infants for 24 hours since I am radioactive so don't bring any babies over until tomorrow night! Love you all and i really appreciate all the feedback!

Fabulous! Just fabulous!

What an amazing day! This is the best day I have had as of yet! It feels so good to get out and move around. I find I am the most uncomfortable when I am standing still. My core muscle are definately weeker than most but we are working on it. Church was awesome and so is our Lord! Tomorrow is the PET scan and I am feeling more at peace with it. Keep me in your prayers, they are working! Love you!

I have to do a quick add on. Just so you all know I did the Wii fit test and received my official Wii fit age. According to the Wii.....I am a whopping 30 years old! hahahah. Tumors, surgery and all and I still kick A#$! Unfortunately, I was up from 2 to 5:30 with hip pain and lots of aches. I should have avoided the Hula hoop game I just know it! Luckily John was home to massage my hips for almost the entire time! Ahhhh. What's that? You all want to know what John's Wii age is? You will have to ask him :). Love you all!

Happy New Year!

Can I be the first to say I am so very glad it is 2010? No more 2009.......woohoo! sorry I missed a few days of blogging, but I had a couple of really nice days and I enjoyed them with family. New Years Eve day was spent with all the girls getting short hair do's. It was a lot of fun and we look pretty cute too! Interesting how I was the last to get mine done and at that very moment (with only the first major cut done) somebody walked up to me and asked us what the occasion was.....my hair dresser spoke up very quickly saying it was just "sisters day" while Christa and I stood there with our mouths open....to the floor. She rocks! That night we had dinner and then played games. At 10:00 pm we all rang in the New Year and I then went to bed. At the end of the day, I reflect on how well I feel. I continue to need rest through out the day and plenty of rest at night, but I savor how (almost) normal it feels......and it is almost saddening that next week it could all change. So all I can do is find joy in all (almost) normal moments! The tumors can't take that from me!