How Does Chemo Feel?

If you ever get the chance to take steroids just say no :).  They’re not all they’re cracked up to be – LOL.  I take 2 for the first 3 days after Chemo.  I am glad that today is my last day to take them for this 4^th round of Chemo - yeah!  I have been feeling completely wired the past couple of days but at the same time very tired and not much of an appetite.  It’s a hard feeling to describe. 

I have stayed in for the most part since Thursday, but tried venturing out last night with a couple of friends to eat and go to a play.  It didn’t work out so well for me so I returned home before it was over :(.  I don’t dare drive right now and so friends and family have been kind enough to transport me.  I have hopes that tomorrow will bring a better state of overall well-being with it.  I never would have made it as a drug addict – not only because I hate needles but I also can’t stand the feeling of not being in control of my body.  This loopy-ness has got to go :).  

I did go out for a walk tonight and enjoyed chatting with neighbors, I also had fun with my nieces who came over and continued their fascination with my hairloss - LOL. 

I guess this isn’t the most uplifting update but I have been told that I need to share even the more challenging moments on my blog.  So there you go :).  Ok, but I can’t help but end on a positive note – a short paragraph from a talk by Paul V. Johnson + a repeat of a previous quote I have shared:   

“Recently a nine-year-old boy was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. The doctor explained the diagnosis and the treatment, which included months of chemotherapy and major surgery. He said it would be a very difficult time for the boy and his family but then added, “People ask me, ‘Will I be the same after this is over?’ I tell them, ‘No, you won’t be the same. You will be so much stronger. You will be awesome!’” – Paul V. Johnson

CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT PART - just sayin'!

Elder Orson F. Whitney: “No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. … All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable. … It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire.”