Mike Judge vs Ewing's Sarcoma

These past several months have been very stressful for me. It has been a roller coaster ride as far as stress goes. My peak stress would be when I was being diagnosed. Uncertainty is something I really don't like. None of us do. And back then there was so much of it. I was thrown into a world where I knew very little. I had never even heard of a sarcoma before, and in just a few weeks from my first appointment I would find out that my "arm strain" was really an aggressive bone cancer. Believe it or not, my stress dropped a lot when I found out the diagnosis. I finally knew what was wrong with me, and I was ready to do whatever possible to be cured. I was more stressed during the first three cycles, and surgery than these past three cycles. I would be constantly feeling my arm to verify that the tumor was shrinking. My fear of the treatment not working was obsessive. After surgery I hit a low in stress over the past year. The cancer was out, scans were clear, surgery went ...

I wasn't sure what to title this post. I was originally going to title it "Treatment Complete", or "Last week of chemo", or something like that, but I didn't want to jinx anything. I'll discuss more about this soon, but first let's get this last week of treatment out of the way. I had a lot of fears going into the last week of treatment, and luckily for me it ended up not being the absolute worst like I expected  it to be. I didn't have to drink the Mesna Thank God! But I did receive a very large dosage in my treatment. Like twice as much in previous cycles. I went through a bag and a half of lifesaver mints last week to combat the taste! On Monday I received way too much Mesna, and got really pale, and almost vomited. So he lowered the dosage a little, and I stayed on that amount for the rest of the week. I had average bladder irritation compared to previous cycles. I was really tired throughout the week, but I didn't have any other side...

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I'm in the treatment center right now, and I figured I would get a little update on here. The last two weeks I have been doing a lot of resting, and haven't been up to blogging. On the bright side I did have some friends over last week which was really nice. The only new side effect I had to deal with from my last post other than the increased fatigue was a little bit of thrush. If you're not aware thrush is a painful fungal infection in your mouth, and if not treated quickly can get pretty bad. We caught it pretty early, and the prescribed Nystatin cleared it up in a few days. It was pretty gross looking, and it was shocking to see how well the medication worked for it.  This week is my last week of treatment as long as my scans are clear. You would think I would be really excited right now, but I have a rough week ahead of me. I think it's going to be hard for me to truly be satisfied until I get that final "clear" ...

On Thursday I received my last dose of my A cocktail of drugs. My last dosage of Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, and Doxorubicin(the red devil) that is. I won't be missing these drugs at all. My day of treatment was longer than I expected, and that was because of the Cystitis that I had developed in my last cycle. I received an extra hour of hydration along with an extra half hour of Mesna to protect my bladder. It was a pretty long day, but I got through it. The bladder irritation feels almost better. It's sometimes uncomfortable, but most of the time feels normal.  Receiving my last dose of "The Red Devil" The only thing that can get me through the Mesna I'm not looking forward to my last B week which will be from the 17th-21st. There are some changes to my treatment which will make it my most difficult week yet. There will be two major changes to the week.  1. The added an hour and a half to each day due to the added Mesna, and hydration. That...