In Remission!

Looking back now, the whole chemo experience was so surreal. To take medicine with such dramatic side effects when you don’t FEEL sick! Keeping busy and as normal a schedule as possible made the time go by “quickly” and before I knew it I finished 6 treatments and the post-treatment PET scan and bone marrow biopsy to get the ALL CLEAR! One month until my first 3-month scan! Hair is re-growing! Neuropathy in the hands almost non-existant! The remaining problem is muscle pain in my right leg – as if I’ve over-exercised. Anyone have that problem? Will it go away eventually?

For me, finding things to be thankful for and praise God for in the midst of the yuckiness helped keep my mind on the positive. Surround yourself with positive people! Find out that God really IS there and His grace and peace are real, and share that good news with others!

I had several aches and pains that lingered for a few months. I had pains in my upper chest/shoulders that lingered after I was done. All gone now though! Glad all is going well – congratulations!

Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:32:37 PM by Kelly