Live from chemo 5!

The last week has been great – Maggie Dolly was visiting, and my nausea went away and I got to eat everything again, which all helped my energy and mood immensely. Even went on a (very very slow) hike with Jordan on Sunday. During one break, he said my pulse was at 180…but we made it to the top! Ended up 4 pounds down at my appointment yesterday; my oncologist told me to have a good dinner, so I had TWO dinners.

In good news land, I had a check up ultrasound yesterday where the tech had me on the table for an hour and ultimately took three rounds of pictures because she was having such a hard time finding the areas, despite them all having clips. The results were that the previously biopsied masses are “no longer seen”. This doesn’t guarantee that all the cancer is gone, but it is a really great sign that the chemo is working and that I might be able to just get a lumpectomy! …but no guarantees.

In less fun news, my 16-year-old cat has advanced kidney disease and these are her prescriptions. We’ve been giving her subcutaneous fluids every day along with other meds. She’s already in better shape than she was a week ago, but the terms “quality of life” and “end stage” have been thrown around. We’ll see how much more time we have with her.

These are the things I’m currently taking – the rest are chilling in my drug basket until they have to be added to the rotation. My cat and I are actually taking two of the same drugs (famotidine and gabapentin) and I’m receiving iv fluids of my own right now. Jacky said we’re like ET and Elliott. Too funny.

Cat tax.