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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Out With The Old, In With The New

Oh boy, Where do I start? My body and the chemotherapy drug Taxol has had a on and off relationship for about a year and a half so I find it strange that my body has had an allergic response to the last four Taxol treatments. Dr. says it is time we try a new form of therapy. Thats a no brainer. I had a CT Scan this last Tuesday and I sit here and write the evening before my DR. appointment which is tomorrow (Friday) morning. Yes bright and early going on 3+ years I will sit down with my DR. along with my husband and my mother and review my CT Scan and then my DR. will recommend a new chemotherapy drug accordingly. I have had a few anxiety attacks this week. Very common right after a CT Scan.

I wonder will this new treatment be my miracle drug? I do hope so because just between you and I, I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!

New Years Day was stormy in my home town of Sacramento. So stormy that it took down a very large tree in are back yard. This tree crushed are gazebo and damaged parts of are house and took down our electrical box. No worries, our home insurance will cover the damage. We hated that tree anyways, it was ugly as sin... I think it had some kind of disease. At first I was pretty stressed until I realized that the tree we hated is now gone, we get to build a new gazebo, and fence, and we now have a new up to code electricty box.

This week I watched the "trash guy" crush are trash can... he stuck his head outside the window of the truck and said "you better order a new trash can miss." Ya, that was one other no brainer. So we get a new trash can as well.

I began to think for a second that this was going to be a year of bad luck. Then I took a step back and saw that everything old was being taken from us and was being replaced by something new.

Let this new therapy wipe out the diseased parts of me? Let me start a new?

10 Comments:

Blogger Steve Ganz said...

Yes. Let us all start a new!

I'll be thinking about you, Lori.

Love & Warmth,
Steve

1:16 AM  
Anonymous Lisa in England said...

Lori

I've got a feeling that this year might be 'the' year for both of us. I've been thinking of you and hope you are ok, hang in there!

Love

Lisa x

10:19 AM  
Blogger f. said...

Dearest Lori,

Glad to hear from you! I missed your posts and flickr photos.

New year, a time for new beginnings. I hope and pray that the next treatment plan will just do the trick. Thinking of you!

Love Always,
Bean

11:01 AM  
Anonymous gaela said...

it's amazing how many people i know are sitting around watching their lives fill up with changes. all big, new and positive changes. i wish this so much for you guys, too. and i've been thinking about you, and your family a lot lately, (even tho i haven't been on here enough to show this). you deserve it all.

hugs to you,
g

7:57 PM  
Blogger Jeannette said...

As always, I'm wishing you the best and brightest this year. I hopethe CT scans showed positive changes -- getting rid of the old ugly cancer cells and allowing new healthy cells to grow in its place. My fingers, toes, and eyes are crossed for luck that the new drug does the trick!

9:04 PM  
Blogger ME, myself, & I said...

I hope your treatments are successful and all. Good luck.

1:06 AM  
Blogger Minerva said...

Cary's wife, Lori, herself manages to look forward to a new year in all senses in this post here.
Whilst I would be bemoaning the expense in buying a new trash can, Lori manages to look at the turning of the seasons... I hope this year is all you want it to be Lori!

6:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I just want to say how much I admire and respect that you are sharing your life-trials and giving strength to others. I don't know how you manage to keep it going through the depression, anxiety and fatigue. I found it crippling, I still do and I've been in remission for several months now.
Anway,I hope the new drug works out.
Walk in the light,
Nicola

7:20 PM  
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