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Perpetual Ruminations
#1091641 added June 16, 2025 at 8:13pm
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Number Two
| No! Not that number two, chemo infusion number two. I had labs done first and then met with the doctor's assistant. The labs showed everything in the green, very healthy numbers, and a lot better than the lab they took before I started (a comparison sample). The PA told me most people start out with great numbers, and with chemo, they start to drop or spike. I guess I've never gone with the majority, so it seems normal. I am tired, but feel pretty good, better than the first time around. I have a pump on until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, then take steroids for two day. Oh, and I'll have a shot in my arm or stomach (my choice) to trigger my bone marrow to pick up the pace and make some white blood cells. That shot hurts a lot, but it's better than getting an infection, cold, etc, and the steroids cause insomnia and can cause a host of other side effects for a couple of days. So, I'm likely going to be tired, feeling off, and have aching muscles and joints until about Thursday. But, we switched a few of my meds to better counter these, so we will see. Also, my last biopsy was sent to the Mayo Clinic. It was cut from a growth in my abdomen that wasn't normal, but the surgeon couldn't identify what the mass was. He said it's non-cancerous and the fluid he extracted from a couple of lymph nodes that could have been cancerous, wasn't; it hasn't spread and is localized and highly treatable! I wonder, is it my gizzard? Anyway, round two is almost done, and it is going better than round one. In fact, the oncologist and the surgeon have changed my treatment plan; now I am set to have six infusions, then surgery, and follow up with two more infusions. Why, because the more chemo I have before surgery, the greater the likelihood that all the cancer will be removed. They changed it because I'm handling the infusions a lot better than they anticipated. It's all good so far. |
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My writing doesn't follow any set genre, it's interdependent of my mood and all that's taking place in life. I'm still finding myself, what I write constitutes the markers along the path of that journey. With time, many things will manifest in my work and perhaps I will pursue one or two genres. For now, it's not, "What type of writing is my passion?"
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