Thursday, November 12, 2009

Other issues

It has been longer than I intended since my last post.
The Lomotil seems to be working and I haven't had too much trouble with diarrhea. Sometimes I need to take an extra Lomotil but for the most part the big 'D' has been kept in check. It was so bad for so long that I spent a lot of time focusing on it but there are other issues that we have had to deal with.
Fatigue has been and continues to be an issue but it is getting better.
The main drug that they continue to give me attacks the skin. Most of the time I look like a 15 year old with acne everywhere. Right now my chest and back are covered. Erbitux also drys out the skin and I shed. The ends of my fingers split and bleed. They seem to take turns and rotate.

My appetite is back. I'm not sure whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. Thanks to the big 'D', and therefore the chemo, I lost 100 pounds. Somewhere between the fatigue (and therefore not being able to exercise - much) and my appetite I've put 25 back on. We have an elliptical machine and I was able to do about one minute tonight before having to sit down, exhausted.

Well on to more important things...........here is a picture of the cutest granddaughter ever!!


God is good all the time!!

jim

Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths shall faint and be weary,and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. ESV

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