Taking it slow after Cycle 5 Chemo

Well, I'm certainly feeling it after 5 cycles of chemo. I feel like I've taken a pounding in my abdomen. I hope a lot is going on in there- like some death and destruction to some cancer cells. I am resting a lot as I react to some side-effects.

It seems like there is so much in the media at the moment in regards to fundraising for different cancer causes.The latest stat is that 1 in 2 people will have cancer at some stage in their life. There is also a big cycling fund-raiser for Peter Mac Hospital being launched at the moment. Everyone is affected to some degree ;we are all connected by our humanity and our vulnerability.

My plea is that we all may live healthy and happy lives every day and live the joy of life in every moment; personally I believe it is all part of the cycle of life. There is a season for everything.

I do believe in fighting against illness and being as healthy and as content as I can be. I do believe in doing damage to the LMS and pushing it back, and I intend to have further success!

Cheers,
Georgia

Glad Tidings as Cycle 5 Chemo Flows In

Greetings to you all,

I have results from the CT scan post Cycle 4 treatment. Again, all is well! We give thanks for this result.

The target tumours are stable, showing no growth since the CT scan post Cycle 2. YEY!!!!!!!!!!
We celebrated by going out to Vietnamese for a light post-chemo meal.

Chemotherapy for Cycle 5 began today (Wednesday) and we'll be back for more on Thursday and Friday this week. The side-effects during Cycle 4 were more persistant when compared to the previous cycles, so I am going to take this one cautiously. I met with the Doctor today and he felt I was handling the chemo extremely well, dealing with the side-effects in a positive/preventative manner where possible. It just is the reality that the toxicity levels rise the more chemo cycles you have so the effects are longer lasting over the three week period. It was great to get this feedback as I don't have much of a frame of reference.Apart from some international forums I am participating in, I haven't actually met an LMS contact in Australia yet.

I have one cycle to go after this one (Cycle 6). The Picasso III trial should close by the end of November, apart from having monthly checks to add more data to the study.

I thought you might like to see me out and about so here are some pics:

georgia with great niece

georgia for brunch at williamstown

georgia visiting roxy in geelong 

Love your life,
Georgia

A Leap of Faith

Today I received a wonderful package that arrived in the driveway.
I have called it : The Leap of Faith. It is a brand new Holden Cruze II 1.4 Auto SRi-V.
I have taken out a four year lease on this vehicle...

Enjoy:

"leap of faith"

Cheers,

Georgia