Wednesday Morning and I am alive! Yes, I am done with the chemo and test are to be scheduled. My next appointment is August 3rd and then I will know. I am sure the answer will be "we will continue to monitor it". It doesn't get more difinitive than that. Life doesn't either, really. Will I continue to love, to appretiate, to laugh, to wake up in the morning? Maybe, for all of us! and I am always thankful and sometimes surprized when it happens! So...yesterday I am at the end of my fifteen minute visit with my doctor and I am thinking "should I mention the bruises on my arm?" I did look up "bruises/chemo" on the net and discovered "they are common". Should I bother him with this? He asked my how my hand was. Swollen, hurting and throbbing. My whole arm is swollen and I have discovered bruises on my shoulder! That got his interest! Long story short (seven hours!) I was tested again and I have developed blood clots in my shoulder! The cure for this is RAT POISON! Remember the essential ingedients in chemo are derived from Mustard gas! What are these Voodoo doctors thinking??? Anyway, this is more of an inconvenience than anything, a shot a day in the stomach (no pain) and then coumadin for a month and the clots should be gone. I will be an authority on this by the time it is all over!
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