mpbser wrote:. . . Husband will be completing Cycle 3 on Wednesday and he is doing really great . . .
mpbser wrote:Just popping in for a quick update. Husband will be completing Cycle 3 on Wednesday and he is doing really great. The only noticeable side effect at the moment is darkness under his eyes. He LOOKS exhausted but he claims to be feeling great. He has loads of energy the past couple of days. He still works 6 days a week and isn't showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon.
I've been making sure he gets supplements that are designed specifically to align with his chemo rounds, so maybe that is helping with his energy level.
He had blood drawn for a doctor appointment he has coming up (had to reschedule due to his work) and it all looks really wonderful.
Very interestingly, his LDL was ~60 and HDL also was ~60. I have never seen such low numbers in my life!
mpbser wrote:Just stopping in for a quick update. Husband saw his primary care doctor today. He wasn't alarmed by his A1C being a 7 and attributed the diabetes setback primarily to the chemo. Husband has gone off his strict diet somewhat in the past couple of months, but I suppose not horribly. All the rest of the bloodwork is looking phenomenal for someone who has had three rounds of chemo. His doctor was extremely optimistic and told husband he is going to beat this.
Husband has his fourth infusion on Wednesday, just in time for 18 degree F temperatures to hit our region. He had cold sensitivity the last round which lasted a few days, so he will be very careful this round. I have reserved the day to take care of him and the rest of week for my work will be kept light.
Also on a positive note, his work has brought him closer to home for the next couple of weeks so he won't have to commute 3 hours every day, 6 days a week for work. I feel like god is protecting him, despite my religious skepticism.
NHMike wrote:mpbser wrote:Just stopping in for a quick update. Husband saw his primary care doctor today. He wasn't alarmed by his A1C being a 7 and attributed the diabetes setback primarily to the chemo. Husband has gone off his strict diet somewhat in the past couple of months, but I suppose not horribly. All the rest of the bloodwork is looking phenomenal for someone who has had three rounds of chemo. His doctor was extremely optimistic and told husband he is going to beat this.
Husband has his fourth infusion on Wednesday, just in time for 18 degree F temperatures to hit our region. He had cold sensitivity the last round which lasted a few days, so he will be very careful this round. I have reserved the day to take care of him and the rest of week for my work will be kept light.
Also on a positive note, his work has brought him closer to home for the next couple of weeks so he won't have to commute 3 hours every day, 6 days a week for work. I feel like god is protecting him, despite my religious skepticism.
The low in my area this week is forecast at 7 degrees. Then it warms up into the 20s. I'm pretty curious as to how this is going to feel as we're looking at a pretty cold winter and I typically clear off one roof after snowstorms. Also, clearing ice off of windshields will be interesting. I'm also planning on working from home a lot (my commute is only 20 minutes) because my office becomes an echo chamber of coughing when there's a cold or flu going around. I just got a new project that's going to keep my quite busy for the next two months and I'll need to move my home office because it's in an unheated part of the house. Or get a space heater.
There are a lot of people that commute from my area into Boston every day. It's a one-hour trip with no traffic and probably two with traffic in busy times and worst-case three. I really have no idea as to how people do that kind of commute but they do. I've seen it in my trips to Dana Farber, Brigham and Women's and Mass General. Fortunately the trips aren't very frequent and hopefully they will be fewer going forwards.
Your husband has made remarkable progress.
mpbser wrote:Just stopping in for a quick update. Husband saw his primary care doctor today. He wasn't alarmed by his A1C being a 7 and attributed the diabetes setback primarily to the chemo. Husband has gone off his strict diet somewhat in the past couple of months, but I suppose not horribly. All the rest of the bloodwork is looking phenomenal for someone who has had three rounds of chemo. His doctor was extremely optimistic and told husband he is going to beat this.
Husband has his fourth infusion on Wednesday, just in time for 18 degree F temperatures to hit our region. He had cold sensitivity the last round which lasted a few days, so he will be very careful this round. I have reserved the day to take care of him and the rest of week for my work will be kept light.
Also on a positive note, his work has brought him closer to home for the next couple of weeks so he won't have to commute 3 hours every day, 6 days a week for work. I feel like god is protecting him, despite my religious skepticism.
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