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Cycles 6 and 7 Complete

Tomorrow I start my eighth and final cycle. Here is how the last two cycles went... Cycle six went much better than cycle five. The Zantac helped with the bloating which in turn helped with the nausea. I'm taking 150mg twice a day. I take one pill with breakfast and one before bed. I also switched to Marinol for nausea, and that worked better than Ativan which I took during cycle five. Ativan seemed to just knock me out, and not do a lot for nausea. Marinol makes me sleepy, but also reduces the nausea substantially. Another new thing I did was eat an apple everyday. They helped my bowels move which helped with the bloating. Overall, it was an event free cycle. I threw up less than cycle five, maybe twice all week. My mom was here with me for the week because cycle five didn't go that well. But, as I mentioned above, cycle six went great compared to the previous one. Everyday when we waited for the valet to bring the car to the front, we agreed that I would be able to drive my...