Life continues apace. Got flushed this week and didn't tumble immediately that that is the occasion to update this blog. However, memory finally prevails. Actually, I momentarily forgot the port flush! I scheduled some fishing this past week and it conflicted with my prior-scheduled port flush. No problem, thought I. I will just call the Cancer Center and reschedule. But then, I forgot to do the latter. A niggling feeling on the way home from fishing made me call the center and they said, "You should have been here yesterday." I was able to reschedule for later that day so all was well. In re the port flushing there is a couple of weeks flexibility (6-8 weeks) before things get seriously plugged up.
I am unhappy in that there has been no improvement in my neuropathy as the second maintenance chemo sessions fade into the past. I expect I have reached some sort of status quo given the amount of chemo I have had beyond which I will not improve. Since I have two more sessions over the next year that may bode poorly for where I finish up in terms of my mobility and pain levels. Funny, since there were improvements in my neuropathy after the first chemo maintenance course I thought that would happen again. It does not appear so at this time.
Mobility is again becoming an issue. I now realize I may have been basking in the warm glow of the steroid shots I got late last year in my lower back. On the positive side the effects of the shot have lasted near or more than 6 mos. A second round is available in as little as 90 days so I have had a good benefit from this. I will delay as long as possible in the sense of continuing with my stretching and core strengthening but it would appear now that they alone will not suffice.
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