HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
This is the question I'm most
commonly asked.. The short version is: the tumors
are still to small to be felt, or to have any effect
on my health.
So what I'm feeling is due to
the chemotherapy. Some days I'm tired, and some days
I have flu-like symptoms (chills, muscle and joint
aches). And my GI tract is still somewhat of a mess;
I eat 4,000 calories a day, just to maintain weight.
I occasionally have mild nausea, but it's rare and
really mild.
In the last month, the new
side effect is neuropathy: numbness in the fingers
and toes. It's been getting worse; I can still
touch-type, but I make tons more mistakes. And it's
getting hard to find things in my pockets, since I'm
losing the sense of touch; I can mostly just feel
pressure.
All in all, a small price to
pay for walking around!