I confess, I'm doing a lousy job at keeping up this blog. It's one of the few things I can do for my sister from so far away and as such I want to do a good job. But Traci is a warrior who just never complains. I mean, NEVER. I'm quite certain that any ache or pain would be the source of paragraphs of whining if I were in her shoes. But that's not her style and as such I find it difficult to tell you anything other than "she's doing great!"
So...she's doing great. The last round of chemo hit her a bit harder than the first two. Since the effects are cumulative, this wasn't unexpected. With each round, they try to overcome the side effects (primarily nausea) by tweaking some meds (not the chemo but the other meds). This time they increased her steroid dose hoping that might help but instead she was still nauseous and didn't have the luxury of sleeping through it. Needless to say, she won't let them try that again!
Traci goes in tomorrow for her final round of this particular chemo cocktail. After a 2-3 week break, she will begin the next set of 4 rounds of a different protocol.
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