Exhausted

Hey everyone, hope you all had a fabulous Easter weekend. Mine was great, but tiring, thanks to singing in the choir at my church at four different services. Whew!

Now here I am, coming up on round #4 in Chemoland this Thursday. Fun fun! I've heard that the effects of chemo are cumulative as the process goes on, which could explain why I have felt so completely exhausted the past few days. Yesterday I went for a walk with friends after work and I felt like I was barely managing to stay on my feet. Tonight I came home and did my taxes (nothing like waiting til the last minute!) and now here it is, not even 8:30pm and I'm already thinking about going to bed. Ugh.

Last time I had my blood work done, I was a little anemic. I'm a little concerned that I might be a lot more anemic now, as anemia could also be contributing to my fatigue. Guess I'll find out when I get my blood tested again on Thursday. I really hope I'm not, as that may necessitate having to get injected with yet another drug to help out my poor little red blood cells. But we'll see.

After this treatment, sometime around the week of the 27th, I'll get another PET scan to see if there's any cancer left. When I saw my doctor last week, he said that he's expecting it to come back negative, based on some x-rays I had done early on that showed the tumor practically gone already. (Yay!) I'll probably still have to finish out the chemo, which is a bummer, but then again I'd prefer that we do everything we can to make sure the lymphoma doesn't return, so I guess I'll just suck it up in my typical calm, cheerful, non-complaining fashion (yeah, right).

Anyway, thank you to all who have been thinking of me and praying for me through this crazy time. I don't know how I'd manage without you! Will continue to keep you updated...