April 11, 2025

Author - Beth

Day 719

December 27, 2024
Still awaiting news if I still need to take chemo with my Natera test being zero.  Merry Christmas.

Day 714

December 22, 2024 Walking the dog and checking out mushrooms.  Did use the turkeytail mushrooms in the past.  Had to stop due to liver issues.  In remission again.  Like...

Day 713

December 21, 2024 Natera test came back—in remission again.  Bittersweet as this is a ping-pong event of remission and recurrence. Battles will continue.  Many...

Day 711

December 19, 2024 Just finished infusion after WAITING FOREVER.  30-minute infusion and one hour wait for the labs.  We got there at one and left at 4:30.  You do the...

Day 705

December 13, 2024 Feel like crap!!  Everything hurts.  Feet hurt and burns.  Now getting hoarse and mouth sores.  Had to reduce the dose.  Doctor told me to get off and...

Day 703

December 11, 2024 Natera testing (checking for tumor DNA levels in the blood).  Another scheduling problem.  Drop off samples of my feet for Stanford to study.  It is...

Day 698

December 6, 2024 Hand-foot syndrome (palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia).  Painful and skin will slough off.  Hard to walk the dog.  Not only do the feet hurt, but the...

Day 695

December 3, 2024
I feel like crap.  Feet hurt, hands hurt, may hurl, nose running and eyes hurt.  Hope none of you feel like going to hurl.

Day 693

December 1, 2024 Not enjoying this therapy.  Foot pain is bad!! Burns and ache all the time.  Have to moisturize all the time and wear diabetic socks.  They blister, too...

Day 691

November 28, 2024 I just got back from being infused this morning. I did labs in advance to make the visit shorter, but it still took forever. In the open bay at the...