Today I completed round #5. And it took 5 months from 2007 and 6 months in 2011 to have an appointment go pretty much on schedule. Once I was hooked up to my meds I was in and out of there in record time. I believe 10-1 on meds. Lab draw and doctor appointment was a little slow but not terrible. So a pretty good (if you can call it that) day. Sure does wonders for a patients attitude. The doctors appointment was quick. Just asking how side effects are treating you and if you need any refills on medications. My blood sugars are in normal range with the diabetic meds I am. I hope in 3 weeks I will be able to come off of those to see if it will regulate with out them. I also asked for stronger pain meds for the bone pain that sits in before night fall and gets pretty bad for the next 4 days. I took a vicodin 7 hundred or so and I'm still awake...what the? Oh well I'm updating my blog and eating a salad. :)
July has flew by. Nice weather has probably made it feel that way. Or busy kids could have done it too. Rachel's still doing horse back riding lessons and sometimes works at the barn. Emily finished the summer swim team but now started water polo lessons two days a week. James is at Camp Geneva for the week for the first time. Mom is anxiously waiting for him to get home. Two days of storms in his week. He usually sleeps through everything but his mommy is always here for him! And with all of that activity and my treatments we found time to send the kids with Auntie Ann (Paul's sister) and her two daughters to the U.P. for 10 days touring the beautiful upper Michigan and learning about where their Grandma and Grandpa Anglim lived. And a few stories were shared about their daddy's childhood too. They had a great time. Then after they were home for 4 days we met up a my siblings minus one brother and his family, and my parents at Silver Lake. IT was a tad hot but it was fun. James is starting a golf class next week, Emily will have water polo still and Rachel riding lessons. Then Emily will go to camp Geneva the next week. I think we will be down to 4 or 3 weeks left of summer when all is said and done.
Paul has about 3 weeks left of normalcy and then he will begin his business big time. He will begin teaching at GRCC an evening class. He will also teach at downtown campus for Ferris for a week. He will also be teaching in Big Rapids one day a week.
Thanks for the comments, prayers, thoughts, dinners, drives to treatment, visits and phone calls. They all help in the healing process.
Family and Friends Forever
Love
Kelly
Friday, July 29, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Good while it lasted
The reprieve was good while it lasted. Doctor put me back to it today. C.A.T. Scan did not show any growth and it did not show any shrinkage so the chemo is keeping the tumors stable. Yes, most of us and myself mostly was hoping for better results and no more infusion of chemo and be put on the oral drugs. I asked when that might happen and the doctor said he would like to give me 4 more rounds of this chemo before looking at oral drugs.
So the vacation away from one treatment put my sugars back into normal range with the help of some diabetic drugs that I am still on for the next 60 days. Maybe until chemo is done. ????
The house is quiet. The kids needed to get away and they are having a blast.
The house has been clean in the areas that I cleaned on Wednesday for more than 2 hours. :) I'm almost ready for them to be home. ALMOST.
I'm up because I have a nice head ache. Bones are aching already too. I knew I didn't miss going to get a treatment.
Well thanks again for all the support. You know what you are doing for me,and the rest of the Anglim Family in this time of need. Praying, cooking, thinking, cleaning, friending, texting, driving, and most of all
LOVING!
Thank You
Kelly
So the vacation away from one treatment put my sugars back into normal range with the help of some diabetic drugs that I am still on for the next 60 days. Maybe until chemo is done. ????
The house is quiet. The kids needed to get away and they are having a blast.
The house has been clean in the areas that I cleaned on Wednesday for more than 2 hours. :) I'm almost ready for them to be home. ALMOST.
I'm up because I have a nice head ache. Bones are aching already too. I knew I didn't miss going to get a treatment.
Well thanks again for all the support. You know what you are doing for me,and the rest of the Anglim Family in this time of need. Praying, cooking, thinking, cleaning, friending, texting, driving, and most of all
LOVING!
Thank You
Kelly
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Reprieve
Yes it is true. I get a reprieve this Thursday. The reason could be better but still I get a week off.
The reason? Let me tell you. On Memorial Day I was not feeling the greatest and I was correlating it to the humidity. However by evening I was not feeling well even when I was laying down. So Paul brought me to Emergency where we found my heart rate was elevated and ....my blood sugar was in the 400's! Normal is 90-100. I was dizzy, short of breath. Very Tired and if I walked from one room to the next I had to put my head down on the counter otherwise I would have passed out. I thought a short trip to ER they would say....can't find anything wrong go home and rest ended up being 4 days in the hospital. Not fun at all. Finally after a week of being home on oral insulin meds my sugar is down. My heart rate was probably elevated due to my sugars being high but I still think there might be something going on with the ol ticker. Any time I go for a walk I get pretty worked up so we'll see. I go to my primary doctor on Tuesday. I may be put on insulin I may not. The steroids I get with my chemo drugs raise your blood sugars too. So with my sugars being high my oncologist and I decided to skip this week of chemo so that I am feeling better and we get it all under control. Then I have a CAT Scan on June 30th and my next Chemo is scheduled July 7th.
With skipping this week of CHEMO any one scheduled for bringing a dinner can cancel. We will not need it. I will able to cook this week. Thank You!
I really hope I am not a diabetic and don't have to go insulin but at the same time maybe that's why I was feeling so bad after chemo. Only time will tell.
School is out for the summer. The kids are excited. They are all busy this summer. Cheer camp, volleyball camp, basketball camp, football camp, flag football, Camp Geneva for two different weeks, Drake Family going to Silver Lake in July. Whew...is it over yet. Oh and squeeze my dr stuff in there too and that pretty much covers it.
Hope your summer is a great one! Stay Safe!
Thanks for the prayers!
Peace!
Kelly
The reason? Let me tell you. On Memorial Day I was not feeling the greatest and I was correlating it to the humidity. However by evening I was not feeling well even when I was laying down. So Paul brought me to Emergency where we found my heart rate was elevated and ....my blood sugar was in the 400's! Normal is 90-100. I was dizzy, short of breath. Very Tired and if I walked from one room to the next I had to put my head down on the counter otherwise I would have passed out. I thought a short trip to ER they would say....can't find anything wrong go home and rest ended up being 4 days in the hospital. Not fun at all. Finally after a week of being home on oral insulin meds my sugar is down. My heart rate was probably elevated due to my sugars being high but I still think there might be something going on with the ol ticker. Any time I go for a walk I get pretty worked up so we'll see. I go to my primary doctor on Tuesday. I may be put on insulin I may not. The steroids I get with my chemo drugs raise your blood sugars too. So with my sugars being high my oncologist and I decided to skip this week of chemo so that I am feeling better and we get it all under control. Then I have a CAT Scan on June 30th and my next Chemo is scheduled July 7th.
With skipping this week of CHEMO any one scheduled for bringing a dinner can cancel. We will not need it. I will able to cook this week. Thank You!
I really hope I am not a diabetic and don't have to go insulin but at the same time maybe that's why I was feeling so bad after chemo. Only time will tell.
School is out for the summer. The kids are excited. They are all busy this summer. Cheer camp, volleyball camp, basketball camp, football camp, flag football, Camp Geneva for two different weeks, Drake Family going to Silver Lake in July. Whew...is it over yet. Oh and squeeze my dr stuff in there too and that pretty much covers it.
Hope your summer is a great one! Stay Safe!
Thanks for the prayers!
Peace!
Kelly
Friday, May 27, 2011
Treatment #3
First let me say that I have only updated after a treatment. I don't do weekly updates. Too much laziness or taking it easy to worry about my blog.
Secondly, I have done much better with this drug. I am glad that they switched to it. Even though I have been able to eat better because this drug does not give me any mouth sores or nausea. However I continue to lose the weight. The doctor isn't too concerned with that yet as I have a few to give freely. LOL.
Now I pray that this new drug works better on the tumors too. The first drug didn't shrink any lung tumors but did a little on the liver.
After this treatment the doctor decided to do one more treatment before doing a C.A.T. scan. That way there may be a better chance of seeing some results. I have no idea what the plan would be if there was/or wasn't progress. He may want to do more treatments, he may say I can be done with infusions and go onto the oral chemo.
The anglim's are very excited for the warm weather to get here. The pool is open but no one has been in it.
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Only 8 1/2 days on the count down for school to be done. Field Trips and Field Day will take up much of the remaining days of school. All the children have had a great year. They have matured and have done quite well with their grades. Mom and Dad are very proud of them.
Everyone grass should be green with all of this rain we have had. Saving on the water bill....yippee.
Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Kelly
A Toledo woman once told a friend of mine. "From the day that you're born, 'til they take you in a hearse, thing are never so bad the they couldn't be worse."
Secondly, I have done much better with this drug. I am glad that they switched to it. Even though I have been able to eat better because this drug does not give me any mouth sores or nausea. However I continue to lose the weight. The doctor isn't too concerned with that yet as I have a few to give freely. LOL.
Now I pray that this new drug works better on the tumors too. The first drug didn't shrink any lung tumors but did a little on the liver.
After this treatment the doctor decided to do one more treatment before doing a C.A.T. scan. That way there may be a better chance of seeing some results. I have no idea what the plan would be if there was/or wasn't progress. He may want to do more treatments, he may say I can be done with infusions and go onto the oral chemo.
The anglim's are very excited for the warm weather to get here. The pool is open but no one has been in it.
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Only 8 1/2 days on the count down for school to be done. Field Trips and Field Day will take up much of the remaining days of school. All the children have had a great year. They have matured and have done quite well with their grades. Mom and Dad are very proud of them.
Everyone grass should be green with all of this rain we have had. Saving on the water bill....yippee.
Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Kelly
A Toledo woman once told a friend of mine. "From the day that you're born, 'til they take you in a hearse, thing are never so bad the they couldn't be worse."
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Has Spring Arrived?
Sure was nice to wake up to sunshine and warm temperature! What a great start to a Mother's Day weekend,
My last chemo treatment was this past Thursday and went like normal. Arrive and wait. Sit and wait and finally get your cocktail and leave, I think it averages out to be about 6 hours I am there. This new chemo is treating me tons better than the first drug I was on. No sores in my mouth, no nausea. The trade off is bone pain. Still have fatigue with both. That is tolerable. Who can't handle taking a nap right. One more treatment with this drug and then I will have another CAT scan to see if it is shrinking the tumors. If it did maybe I can go on the oral chemo...less side effects. Or maybe the Dr will want to do another 3 round to see if the tumors will shrink more. The idea is to get the tumors shrunk and then go on the oral chemo to maintain the shrinkage. After I am on the oral chemo its like treating high blood pressure or diabetes.
Paul is being the father of the year. Working, teaching a night class that just got done, running the kids to their activities. Taking care of me.
Rachel turned 13 on the 30th of April. It's official. She has been busy with the Equestrian team through school. She fell off for the first time this year after 4 or 5 years of never falling. Had to do it right in front of mom too!
Emily is doing Girls on the Run. She is training for a 5k run which will be the last Saturday in May.
James has been going to a reading program until last week so now he just has boy scouts keeping him busy.
We joined Gilda's club and that has been great for everyone.
Thank you for praying and thinking of the Anglim family.
Love Kelly
If you reached the end of your rope tie a not and hang on.
My last chemo treatment was this past Thursday and went like normal. Arrive and wait. Sit and wait and finally get your cocktail and leave, I think it averages out to be about 6 hours I am there. This new chemo is treating me tons better than the first drug I was on. No sores in my mouth, no nausea. The trade off is bone pain. Still have fatigue with both. That is tolerable. Who can't handle taking a nap right. One more treatment with this drug and then I will have another CAT scan to see if it is shrinking the tumors. If it did maybe I can go on the oral chemo...less side effects. Or maybe the Dr will want to do another 3 round to see if the tumors will shrink more. The idea is to get the tumors shrunk and then go on the oral chemo to maintain the shrinkage. After I am on the oral chemo its like treating high blood pressure or diabetes.
Paul is being the father of the year. Working, teaching a night class that just got done, running the kids to their activities. Taking care of me.
Rachel turned 13 on the 30th of April. It's official. She has been busy with the Equestrian team through school. She fell off for the first time this year after 4 or 5 years of never falling. Had to do it right in front of mom too!
Emily is doing Girls on the Run. She is training for a 5k run which will be the last Saturday in May.
James has been going to a reading program until last week so now he just has boy scouts keeping him busy.
We joined Gilda's club and that has been great for everyone.
Thank you for praying and thinking of the Anglim family.
Love Kelly
If you reached the end of your rope tie a not and hang on.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Update
Hello to all,
Today is Wednesday. 6 days after my treatment with the new drug. It treated me ten times better than the other drug. I was out of bed I think on Friday. Yes I even had Paul drive me to my work to see a friend on her last day of work. I did spend the rest of the weekend laying around and went to church. I was not nauseated at all. YEAH! The worse complaint would be the terrible bone pain. Not joint pain but all over bone pain. And then tiredness. But I will take all of it if I don't ever have to have the first drug again.
So the plan is to have 3 rounds of this drug, still on the same schedule and then have another C.A.T. scan. So sometime in May that should be scheduled.
It is amazing how the days just seem to be flying by. Chemo brain or not. The weather stinks. I want sunshine and the sounds of kids playing outside.
Thank you to all that have been praying, texting, emailing, mailing, and calling. Each one of those things lift my spirits and keep me going.
Peace to all
Kelly
Today is Wednesday. 6 days after my treatment with the new drug. It treated me ten times better than the other drug. I was out of bed I think on Friday. Yes I even had Paul drive me to my work to see a friend on her last day of work. I did spend the rest of the weekend laying around and went to church. I was not nauseated at all. YEAH! The worse complaint would be the terrible bone pain. Not joint pain but all over bone pain. And then tiredness. But I will take all of it if I don't ever have to have the first drug again.
So the plan is to have 3 rounds of this drug, still on the same schedule and then have another C.A.T. scan. So sometime in May that should be scheduled.
It is amazing how the days just seem to be flying by. Chemo brain or not. The weather stinks. I want sunshine and the sounds of kids playing outside.
Thank you to all that have been praying, texting, emailing, mailing, and calling. Each one of those things lift my spirits and keep me going.
Peace to all
Kelly
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
C.A.T. Scan
I had my C.A.T. scan Monday and was told that none of the tumors responded to the treatment. In other words there was no shrinkage. So tomorrow I have my chemotherapy but it will be a new drug. So maybe this drug won't be so rough on me. That is my hopes. My second prayer is that the tumors respond to this drug and shrink shrink away.
Not much to say on this posting. I had the previous posting written while in D.C. but didn't post it until yesterday because I couldn't remember some things and kept forgetting to ask Paul for some help.
Have fun doing your spring cleaning. Hope the weather cooperates and we all can enjoy a true spring.
I'll post again soon
Kelly
Not much to say on this posting. I had the previous posting written while in D.C. but didn't post it until yesterday because I couldn't remember some things and kept forgetting to ask Paul for some help.
Have fun doing your spring cleaning. Hope the weather cooperates and we all can enjoy a true spring.
I'll post again soon
Kelly
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