8th Week of Treatment

So I haven't posted in a long time!  I'm already into my 8th week of treatment for chemo.  I now have about 10 weeks left of going through chemo and recovery (75 days, yes I'm keeping track).  I have now had 3 rounds of chemo and I'm doing and feeling pretty good.  To keep busy I have been pretty much keeping my life the same as before I was diagnosed with cancer.  I'm working pretty much everyday, I go watch Jonathan play soccer, take hemi on walks when it isn't too hot out, and hangout with friends when I can.  On Monday, I tried jogging for the first time since I last played soccer at the beginning of May.  I ran probably a total of 1/4 of a mile and my legs were definitely tired.  Today is Thursday and they are still sore!  I want to be able to keep my strength up in case the last rounds of treatment make me more sick/tired/weak.  I feel like staying active is really helping me to not feel so terrible during my rounds of chemo.  I have been feeling more tired after the infusions, for more days than just Monday and Tuesday.  This last infusion I was tired Monday - Friday.  Although I went to work 1/2 days on Wednesday and Thursday which probably made me more tired on Friday.  The nausea hasn't been too bad, the pills I have been given really help.  I haven't lost my appetite yet, so that is going good for me.  The day of my 3rd infusion, I weighed 101lbs this time.  That is up 2lbs since my last infusion.  So I'm gaining all the weight back that I lost when I was in the hospital for a week.

Last weekend was the fundraiser Kickball Tournament.  It was a great success and I'm so grateful and blessed for all the people that were there and involved in it all.  I don't have a final total yet but when I last looked it was over $9,000 made!  I would really like to thank Jeni, Chris, Michelle, Val, Jen, Jeni's Parent's, Teresa, and the ladies at Travel Leaders for helping with everything during the tournament.  Jeni did an awesome job organizing it and it went so smoothly!  I was able to make it out and watch the morning games and then the later in the afternoon games.

Next Thursday I have an appointment to go get another PET scan.  This will show how much the cancer has shrunk since I started chemo.  Jonathan and I are hoping that it is pretty much gone!  Even if it is nearly gone I will still have to go through 3 more rounds of chemo and then 4 weeks of radiation.

Well I have wrote enough for now I think, Thank you to everyone that has been commenting on my posts!  It really means a lot to have so many people care about how I'm doing!