We are half way through inpatient chemo. Yay! Haley wants to share her thoughts on this phase in her own words. Let me just say that she designed her own Halloween costume and I loved it! Haley (Dr. Death) and Dari (Dr. Doom) gave the little trick-or-treaters quite a scare (hehe). No Cancer was going to spoil her favorite holiday!
I (Haley) have finished my second round of Methotrexate, which is this bright yellow Chemo treatment that I make fun of with Dari. Curiously, this chemo has given me different side effects both times. The first go around I had extreme nausea... which I don't exactly remember since the nurses had me pretty much sedated. Apparently I was throwing up a whole lot, but I don't remember that Saturday at all. This week hasn't shown much. It did make me really tired at the hospital. It knocked me out. I remember up to five dreams I had in one night. I will have to do two more in-patient stays and get Methotrexate, which I am kind of nervous since it could give me any of the side effects, but they don't last long. Each time I know I will get the mouth sores. I've gotten them both times before, but they don't last long either. They also won't be as bad as they were in July because they aren't part of the cold sore virus that I had. It’s just a little gum irritation . . . stay tuned . . .
