Weighed this morning and it was 171.2 lbs and FBG 146. All that weight is water from the IV they gave me in the hospital. Took all the energy I had to get up and dress. I fell asleep in my recliner after talking to my son. However, I am getting around. My lab result reports are starting to come in and while some numbers are still, there are good results. If I can keep improving, I should be able to get infusion Tuesday. Thank God I am able to get around a little better today.

I hope you continue to improve, Trish. It sounds like you are really worn out, maybe dehydration. Keep getting enough rest and keep eating even though you might not feel like it. I hope you are able to get your infusion as,scheduled.

Ii am still having potty issues. off and on. I was okay yesterday when we went to the casino. But today is bad. I dont know what is causing this. We went to Walmart without eating first, just coffee. I came home and ate half a donut. Then it started. I had Mac and Cheese that DH made for lunch and half of a turkey sandwich. He is cooking some fish for dinner with home fries. I cznt stay out of the bathroom.

i didnt weigh because I got dressed before I remembered. I have not been checking blood sugar.

I have. to get an appointment with the cardiologist soon. i need meds but they wont renew them unless Im seen in the office. But when I call for an appointment they have no openings. Its crazy. If I call this week and they tell me theres no openings I will talk to the nurse and tell her I need my meds.

Keep me posted on how you feel

Did not weigh again today. i should have because my rings are loose. that means fluid is low.

Hsave a good day.

Weight today was 170l8 lbs. FBG 148. I got the results of my labwork and my CA 125 was down 835 more points. If this continues to shrink this way, by the Grace of God I will be cancer free after my 6tth and final infusion.

I ate better today. If I can continue eating this way, my strength should become stronger.

1?Im glad your blood work is looking good, Trish. This is what we have been praying for.

Im glad you are eating better.
​​​​​​I am not, and the scale is still up, 181.8. I didnt check blood sugar today. i ate a lot of carbs yesterday. Thats all DH wants to eat anymore. Last night we had pizza. i only ate 1 slice.

Carol Sue Eating only 1 sl of pizza is an accomplishment. I think that is awesome, I'm not sure I could do that. I hope you are able to get in to see your cardiologist.

I got up late and DH got up early so I got my shower early and he is getting his early. I don't usually take it in the morning anymore because I got dizzy and almost past out the last time I did. I wanted to stay in the bathroom while I showered today for safety purposes. I've been sleeping with my feet on a towel the way the had me do in the hospital and all was fine. Then DH thought the towel was too rough so he found a fairly thin pillow for me to put them on and I woke up this morning with knee pain. He found some knee patches my sister gave me and I hope it will correct the feeling by the time I go for infusion tomorrow or I may have to use a wheelchair instead of my walker. I prefer being able to use the walker.

I didn't weigh this morning because I actually forgot. FBG was 143. DH DD wrote me yesterday and told me to be sue and eat 2 eggs and eat the egg yolk runny. So DH made us ove reasy eggs for breakfast. I have to remember that the protein is so important.

Have a good day.

When we had the pizza I wasnt really hungry. I wanted steak that night. I had eaten so many carbs that day and my body wanted protein. I would love to eat carnivore right now. DH and his brother both want only carbs. Carbs are known to be comfort food. DH loves potatoes first and pasta,second. His brother loves only sweets and sugar. I dont understand how his brother is even alive. I cant think of 1 nutrient he gets. Right now he is eating only frozen yougurt. Thats likecliving on ice cream. Their mother never thought about nutrients.
​​​​​​As long as you were not hungry that was all that mattered.

What does it do to have your feet on a towel? What was the reason you went to the hospital?
What walker do you use? Ive been using a silver walker around home ever since I fell. I only need it in the living room.

DH comes in while I take a shower. Recently I have been using a shower chair but DH still helps me. DH put 2 safety bars in our zhower and they help me get in and out but I dont know if I could be fast enough. to grab them if I started to fall. I am scared to death of falling ever since I fell. i was so lucky I was not hurt.
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I got a half treatment today but I think it will count as a full treatment. I got the steroid, anti nausea shot and IV and then the 1 hr Doxorubicin. That is the one I think is most powerful. He wants to see how I do with just that. Of course because it is taken with glucose IV, I am on a high for a day or so and will use those good feeling days to get some things done. We are going to have extreme cold even possible snow Friday through Sunday. I have to start eating the protein my body needs to heal. So I am going to cook some quinoa and lentils which will help me get protein without overloading my stomach. All this is ideas I have from how oncologist explained what my bloodwork is telling that I need. My low albumin reading is because I'm not eating enough protein. He also kind of explained how this all works with the infusion medication. I also plan to have chili with beans during the cold spell.

The towel made a cushion to keep my heals from hurting. However Oncologist told DH to put 2 pillows under my legs while I sleep to help get this fluid off my body. I needed the water taken off my stomach, but I was so weak I was like a dish rag. He seems to think the Chemo combo might be too rough on my system. He has 28 days to figure that out before next infusion and I have that long to learn to eat the way I need to eat to so I'm working with the treatment instead of against it.
DH Mother had just about everything you would ever need and her insurance paid for all of it. She had the Hugo with the sit that you can carry things in so that is what I use. I love it. I have to use the metal ones in the hospital.. some have wheels and some don't. She also had one with a tray on it, but only God knows where it is, but I guess it is what you get used to and I love Hugo. I still hope the day will come when I can use a cane, but like you I have a fear of falling. I walk as fast or as slow as I need to comfortably go. I have been blessed not to fall in maybe 2 years and I often think "this will take much longer if I fall than if I go slow" because EMTs would have to come pick me up off the floor. So I get it about how you feel once you fall.

I figure overall I had a good day. I learned a lot from my oncologist that will hopefully help me a lot. Maybe with the Lord's help, I can turn some of this around so I will feel better. I will try to do some exercises again this week.

Carol Sue I feel for you DH and his family. DH #1 & 2 were pretty much like that. Even in my home growing up, we ate the way we thought was healthy, but they sprinkled through it a lot of junk foods that we probably should not have eaten. The sad thing they still serve foods diabetics shouldn't be eating and foods some doctor's say cancer patients should not eat. I told DH today that I was going to eat bacon with my eggs because all these doctor's eat it. But he reminded me they are still young, you don't know how it will affect them later in life. So who knows who is right.

Did y'all go to casino today or are y'all going Friday?

Our casino days are Wednesday and Friday but I dont know if he has money to go. there isnt much in the bank.

I have a walker with a storage compaetment seat that we bought at Goodwill. The silver one was his mothers but she never used it. Medicare gave it to her but she refused to use it. Im glad I have it. I noticed when she walked around her house she held onto the furniture. She didnt drive so her sons took her everywhere.

I didnt get on the scale this morning. Tomorrow is my weigh in day. It seems any time I try to have a weight loss plan I gain. I'm better off if I just eat normally.

He just tild me he wants to go to the casino.

I am feeling much better today. I weighed and with all this swelling I was 174.4 lbs. before I went to the bathroom. Still on the glucose high my FBG was 234. BP was not too high, but can't remember what it was. Anyway everything was normal for after an infusion.

I've decided not to count calories or anything while having these chemo treatments. Just what I need to to get through this and go back on a diet after they are over. At this time I need to concentrate on protein and fiber which should help bring glucose down and build muscle. The first week after infusion everything is crazy so I need to roll with it till it begins to come back to normal. I did a few HIIT exercises and while alert I brought check book up to date and made a list of how I pay bills etc so DH could do them if he had to take them over or do them if I didn't feel up to it. I had to learn to do them when he had cancer. I use my Daddy's bookkeeping system used when he was a church bookkeeper.

I have eaten pretty good today. I had blueberries with yogurt for breakfast and chili with beans and a small hand full of few Fritos for crunch instead of crackers. It was so good I ate 2 small bowls of it and then a little container of Jello and my milk. I will focus on eating one good dinner as we usually do and then graze for snacking. I said it took me years to train myself to eat 2 meals a day and now I need to learn to graze small meals... snacks so I don't overload my stomach while on this chemo treatment.

Hope you have a good time at the casino.

DH won $600 at the casino yesterday. He continues to gamble for a while and brought home $800. so he is happy.

I am drinking my first coffee. i will get weighed then go to Walmart.
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Weight was 175.8 but a lot of that is still the fluid, but since I am eating not sure how much is food and how much is water weight. FBG is back down to a better range of 133. BP was 111/69.

Carol Sue I would be happy to if I could come home with $800.

I am coming off the sugar high. Any side affects should happen tomorrow if I have any. Hopefully the way I am eating is giving me enough nutrition that I will be okay this time. I was able to get up dress and come into this part of the house without DH having to get up to help me. I made breakfast of 2 eggs, 1 sl bacon and a sl of sourdough bread. Decided this morning that I don't like sourdough bread. Today we will have pork chops for dinner. So strange I spent years learning to eat 2 meals low carb. Now with this treatment I'm having to learn to eat carbs. However I think my IE days are going to help with this. We cook what I like eat as much as needed to satisfy and then stop eating. That was a good woe. My learn to do that from now own as I always liked the way I felt when I ate that way. Felt normal.

Have a blessed day and stay warm.

Weight this morning 175.6 lbs and FBG 136. I feel pretty good this morning although fluid is coming off slowly. I think it is starting to come off but just not fast enough to suit me. We are hunkered down ready for the cold weather as best as we can be. I don't want DH out on the ice when it comes.

Carol Sue This storm seems to be all the way from our area all the way up above y'all. This is really weird. Hope everyone is able to keep their power and stay warm.

I did not get weighed today. i dont like this not weighing every day. i want to get back in the habit daily. My weight seems to go up if I dont weigh daily. I thi k I need to be watching it closely.

Today is my birthday. im 80 today. I made stuffed cabbage rolls because I wanted them for my birthday and Im the only one who makes them. I also made Halushky and ate that for lunch. Sonim having a Slovak birthday.

I saw online that the cold weather is across the country. It was 3 degrees this morning but is ip to 20 degrees now. We are due to get a foot of snow but it hasnt started snowing yet. I thinknitbis going to start late tonight and snow all night and all day tomorrow. Luckily we have plows and salt trucks to clear the roads.