chemo

Today is Wed. I am home this morning and will leave again today at 3:00. It seems to be a lot of juggling and driving, but that's the sacrifice I have to make to see the girls. So far, it is going well. Yesterday was my first day of chemo. I will have to admit, it was hard. I walked off the elevator just to see a room filled, I mean filled with cancer patients. WOW......things came crashing down in my mind all over again. I was one of THEM! A nice nurse showed us around the chemo stations. There are three sections: bedside, chairside or another room with chairs and smaller. Fortunately I got a bed that day in a private room. God knew I need my privacey that day. There was a TV and I was right next to the nurses station. Again Kathy was will me and she kept strong for me. Once I was in the room the nurse came in and said they would start the IV shortly. As I stared at all the bags of drugs that were about to be dripped into me, I once again was overwhelmed. It was scarey, will I have a reaction? Will me body tolerate this treatment? Will I be sick? Believe me, I was an emotional day. The IV went ok..........I am surely not a needle fan. Get used to it Davis!!!!!!!! I was premedicated for about an hour, before I even got any chemo. The type of chemo can cause severe reactions, so they are precautious. Really the only trouble I had was when I was given Benedryl , it really made my heart race and that was uncomfortable because it also made me tired and I could not sleep with my heart racing. I will talk to the Dr. next Tuesday when I have my visit and see if they can give me something else. So, after being there for four hours...........I was ready to go! We had just a short break before we had to go to radiation. Then we were on the road home.

I am feeling pretty good today, nausea about a 3 out of 10. They gave me prescriptions for nausea and I just taking them for preventative, let's make this as easy as possible! The next three days will just be radiation, and I will be back home again Friday later afternoon.

My spirits are great. I am so hopeful. I know, I am so confident God is going to heal me. There is a peace inside me like I have never felt in my life. Imagine that I am so peaceful in such a troubling time. Amen.Praise God. Again I thank all of you for your prayer, God continues to listen. I am so so very blessed. Church family is coordinating meals, cleaning the house and getting Lexy to vaction bible school and playdates. Ray's good buddy is mowing our yard. I have no worries while I am gone, what a relief to know things are all okay and I can just concentrate on taking care of myself.

Please continue to pray for God's power to work through this radiation and Chemo. Let him use that and the Dr's to cure this terrible disease. I was just told the other day that my radiation oncologist ( Dr. Eisbruch) is the second leading radiation oncologist in the nation. Thank you God.....for bring him to me.

Lisa