On Thursday, I talked to my oncologist about the chemo regime I'll be doing. She needed to get a verbal consent for the treatments. There are three main cancer drugs, Adriamycin, Cytoxan and Taxol, but there are also many drugs I'll be given to combat side effects. Drugs to prevent nausea and vomiting, steroids to prevent swelling and reactions, drugs to help my blood continue to create red and white cells, drugs to lessen the severity of mouth sores and skin rashes, etc, etc. There is not much they can do to prevent hair loss and fatigue, though. These are not things that might happen, these are things that will happen. This conversation made me feel like I was falling down a dark hole! I haven't cried much about getting cancer but I did then. A few minutes later my good friend Jeff called and took me out with him to run some errands. We had some fun and talked about normal things, and, just like magic, I felt SO much better!
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