Looks like the honeymoon is over

Yep. Added a new chemo med today and my body is definitely letting me know it’s working!

Went through a whole upper respiratory thing in about three hours — from tightness and slight wheezing in my chest; to congestion, sneezing, and red, scratchy eyes; to mild irritation in my throat; and now things are mostly returned to normal.

Interesting.

After all these months of cruising through treatment with hardly a side effect, it seems the time has come for more intense meds. Meaning the honeymoon might be over.

Feeling yucky

Well, it finally happened.

Up to now I’ve been sailing through chemo with minimal side effects, but I really felt the new drug that was added this week.

I was pretty wiped out the following day, although I’m almost back to normal now.

I’m glad this is only a once a month infusion.

Boosted

Getting pretty comfortable with needles these days. Lots of blood drawn on Monday, then got our booster yesterday.

Very grateful to have it, though we definitely felt the effects today (nothing serious, just sore arm, chills, achy, and tired).

We still managed to have a wonderful rehearsal for Saturday night’s Christmas concert but felt completely done in by the end.