6th treatment .. hmm this is not like training

When I am training for an event I break my body down and then when I rest it overcompensates and makes me stronger so in my next session I go in stronger. Well that logic does not seem to work with chemo. My body somehow is not overcompensating after each treatment but is actually taking more time to recover. Or the insomnia is taking a toll on me. I prefer to think the latter cause sleep is when I am supposed to recover most.
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Last week I caught a cold bug(ran a slight fever), or got hit with allergies, had some GI problems that mimicked IBS(the oncologists nurse said that this was one of the side effects of taxol) .. and to top it off had severe insomnia basically I was kind of out of it for about 8 days, no working out just idling around did a lot of good reading though. Some weird weight gain also occurred ( honestly there was NO bingeing ) and I started to lose my eyebrows !Just as I am coming to the end of treatment all these hit me.. arghhh ! I had heard that the eyebrows go last sometimes even after the chemo ends, but was hoping that my bushy ones would withstand the chemo blast. Oh well I still have some that I can draw/fill in hopefully a couple will stay if not, not a biggie they are supposed to come back in really fast.
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Because my white blood cell counts were so good Dr. M decided not to give me the Neulesta shot this time after chemo. I actually was very happy about his decision cause that 6000 usd shot gave me some weird side effects. However the lack of it might have caused me to catch a cold but I am able to control it with Claritin-D so I am thinking that it is allergies.
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There was also a slight feel of neurapathy (tingling sensation like when you come in from the cold) in my toes but probably because I forgot to take the Vitamin B I was supposed to be on .. tsk tsk..it is gone by the 9th day.
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Insomnia was the real problem, after my 5th taxol treatment I was not able to sleep well for about 1 week, but this time it really got worse. Tried several sleep aids ( Ativan, Xanax, Ambien, Roserem ) the only one that slightly knocked me out for a couple of hours was otc Benadryl surprisingly. Finally the oncologist gave up and told me to contact my pcp for a sleep study. But on the 10th night (Saturday) I was able to get a good nights sleep with 1 Ambien yey ! Although they are saying it should not be the steroids or the chemo I strongly think it is so. I just have to expect having sleep problems after the last 2 chemos.
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Sunday I was able to do a 6 mile long run although I have not run for almost 1 month (except the 1/2 mile jogs that I did before my weight sessions) and felt really good.
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I have to keep up with the Kundalini Yoga practice the center has closed for the winter solstice and I had not been practicing. Last night when I was feeling really drained just did the breath sequence and that immediately perked me up, it might even have helped me to go asleep finally.
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Right now reading about Qigong my therapist practices it and suggested that I look into it.
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I also had an appointment with a cardiologist, I do not have any problems and my oncologist did not think I needed to see one but I insisted just to assess the ticker after the Adriamycin treatment. He hooked me up to a holter which is basically a little device that I hung on a lannard which recorded the 3 electrodes for 24 hours. I did a short run at the end of the 24 hours just to give them some data from the ticker when I am working out. Next wednesday they will also do an cardio echo ? The cardiologist had done the ekg and listened to me and said that he did not think anything was wrong. I have the follow up appointment in 2 weeks to go over the results from both tests.
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Got a 1 hour massage at the spa, it was good when it lasted I wish they would have let me just take a nap right there ;o).
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This Friday I also have an appointment at the Moffitt Cancer center in Tampa top get another opinion regarding further treatment. I like my oncologist and he is the one who will be following up on my treatments going forward but I am not leaning to getting more surgery at this point which is what he wants me to do. We'll see.
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Starting work this wednesday it will be quite interesting since I have been away for at least 4 months now !