Round 1 of Lonsurf (oral chemo) was NOT good. After 18 months of various treatments, side effects of chemo hit and they hit hard. Nausea, vomiting, extreme fatigue, and excruciating pain made for rough days. It is so hard to watch a grown man go through this and not be able to do anything to help or relieve the symptoms. He's currently on a continuous release transdermal pain patch and an assortment of meds for nausea, vomiting, and other abdominal issues. For the most part, this means he has good days and bad days - really, it's that he has some bearable moments on some days. CHEMO IS POISON - it's meant to poison the cancer cells, but the fact is Tim is ingesting poison into his body everyday.
His oncologist checked his blood counts today and his white counts are down, so the decision was made not to start the second round of Lonsurf tomorrow as scheduled. This means we will continue to be extra diligent about germs and sicknesses going around. If you see him wearing a mask, don't laugh. He hates it, but I'm sticking to my guns on this one. The current plan is bloodwork again next week and hopefully start the 2nd round on Thursday. I guess we shall see. I just have to hope that as bad as it has been, that maybe it's killing the cancer cells.
