So I decided to give Tim a little break as he is so exhausted from the events over the past week.
His last chemo treatment went pretty smoothly, he even went and hit a few balls with Steven on Friday after work and getting unhooked. By Saturday Tim was feeling a little rough but rested all day and we went over to Jay & Carolyn's engagement party that night. Sunday we laid around and got ready for our last few days at work before the wedding.
Tim worked on Monday and Tuesday before heading down to Augusta to watch Bill play a practice round at the Masters. We ran errands on Thursday and had dinner at Tim's parents house with all of his family members that had already arrived and my family.
Friday, Tim rode around with his brother, dad, cousins and uncles while they played some golf. He even managed to get in about 4 holes himself. He came back to the house and quickly got ready for the rehearsal dinner before picking me up to meet some of the guys to get their tuxes. We went straight from there to the rehearsal where we were entertained by our flowergirls. Hannah and Emma's placecards were in front of the groomsmen and because they knew they were supposed to be standing on their nametags, they picked them up and moved them in front of the bridesmaids instead. They also informed the wedding director that they "might have to play" when she told them that they would need to stand really still during the ceremony.
After the rehearsal we went over to the rehearsal dinner at the Lazy Goat which was absolutely incredible. We had a great turnout, the food was amazing and the story Steven shared about Tim was priceless. We went out for a little bit to Mojito's and Connelly's before Tim dropped me off with my parents and headed with Kip over to his for the night.
Saturday we both got up and got ready for the big day. We had such an incredible turnout at the wedding and were entertained throughout the ceremony by the flowergirls again. They were incredibly cute and even gave Tim a scare by taking so long to get down the aisle that he didn't think I was coming. The only time Tim didn't really feel well was after the ceremony and pictures but he perked right up once we got to the reception hall where our amazing wedding planners met him outside with cheese and crackers and a glass of wine for me.
We had a fun time at the reception and carried it later into the night by meeting everyone out at Connelly's and even making it to the Fiddler before heading to Waffle House, dropping Steven at his house and finally getting into our hotel room around 5 in the morning. We woke up the next morning to some cheez-its and a glow stick thanks to some very thoughtful friends of mine who were afraid that we "might get hungry and would need a light to find our way to the food." Kristen, Lindsey and Jen came by to check out their work from the night before and Kip and Ryan stopped by to drop off Kip's tux and sample some of the wedding food we were sent home with.
Tim and I got up and headed over to his parents to drop off the tuxes we had before going by my parents to drop off my dress and finally we came home to pack before heading up to Highlands to stay at the Old Edwards Inn for our "mini-moon". The 2 hour drive up the windy mountain roads was not fun without Dramamine but it was all worth it.
The Old Edwards Inn and Spa was such an incredible place and our room was really nice. I think Tim's favorite part (and pretty high up there for me too) was that they had a freezer completely full of Dove Ice Cream bars that were available 24/7. We had some great meals, had fun shopping and both really wish we didn't have to leave yesterday!
Today we had to be at the Cancer Center at 8 for all of Tim's testing, doctor's appointment and infusions. A stitch had been poking out for about 2 weeks so they decided to cut it out today, hopefully that will be the last one for him. His levels have dipped a little but that is to be expected with all of the activity over the last week so Tim is working on relaxing and getting himself rested back up.
Thanks to all of you for all of your support, we're excited to finally be official and are working on settling into our house together. Tim will be back soon for your entertainment pleasure!
Jenny
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Chemo Round #3
Well I am back for another update. I said last time that I wasn't going to wait a whole week to write another update but that is exactly what I did. I am not going to go all the way back a week because to be honest my life really isn't that much fun.
Ill start with Friday. John and Christy Groome and Ryan and Casey Earl threw us a great "Entertainment Shower" on Friday night. We had a really good time and it was good to see people that Jenny and I haven't seen in a while. The food was absolutely amazing. I still can't get over how good the "dirt cake" was. I think that I could have eaten the whole bowl. I would have been incredibly sick but I would have been happy being sick from that.
Andi and Aaron came into town on Friday afternoon and their gift to us for the shower was a turkey fryer. Now I have been wanting one of these for a while now and I finally have one. Jenny thinks that I will burn down the house and honestly I don't blame her for thinking that about me. So, thankfully Aaron was in town and he has fried his fair share of turkeys and we fried a 12 lb turkey Saturday afternoon. Soup came by that afternoon when the turkey was finishing up and then Kip got here about an hour after that. The turkey was so good. Over half of the turkey was gone after about an hour of us picking on it.
That night was my mini bachelor party. We had 16 guys meet at Rick Erwin's downtown for dinner and then off to my folks house to chill, play a little poker, and watch the fight. We met at the restaurant at 7:00 and it was really good. We left and got back to my parents house by about 9:45 just before the fight started. We had a good time and it was very laid back just like I wanted it to be.
On Monday I went into the Cancer Center and got my blood work done and met with the Doctor. All of my counts were really good and still up to great levels. Over the weekend I had a really sharp pain near my incision on my stomach. I had the doctor look at it and she said it is just scar tissue and nerves building back. This was a great relief because now its like Rodney Carrington says "if I stump my toe I think I got cancer" well I have that, but you get my point. I did receive some great news that day as well. I asked if I could start playing golf again and she said that I could.
Tuesday when I got to work the first call I made was to my surgeon to see what he thinks about this golf idea. I left a message for his secretary and she called back about an hour later and said that I am cleared to play but if it hurts just stop. I haven't played since late Jan. and yesterday after work Steven and I went up to Thornblade and hit a couple of balls at the range and there was no pain. Just the pain that I don't hit it nearly as far as I used to. But that will come with time.
Chemo started today and I felt pretty good. I was there at 9:00 but it took much longer today than it usually does. I left there and went to grab a little bit to eat and then headed over to work for a little bit. By about 2:00 I couldn't keep my eyes open from the medicine I took at 1:00. So I left and got home close to 3:00 and before I knew it 7:00 had crept up on me.
Hopefully this round will go by fast and without too many problems. I am ready for this week to get finished so I can get ready for next weekend with our wedding and "mini-moon" to Old Edwards Inn and Spa. Like always I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. My love to all.
Tim
Ill start with Friday. John and Christy Groome and Ryan and Casey Earl threw us a great "Entertainment Shower" on Friday night. We had a really good time and it was good to see people that Jenny and I haven't seen in a while. The food was absolutely amazing. I still can't get over how good the "dirt cake" was. I think that I could have eaten the whole bowl. I would have been incredibly sick but I would have been happy being sick from that.
Andi and Aaron came into town on Friday afternoon and their gift to us for the shower was a turkey fryer. Now I have been wanting one of these for a while now and I finally have one. Jenny thinks that I will burn down the house and honestly I don't blame her for thinking that about me. So, thankfully Aaron was in town and he has fried his fair share of turkeys and we fried a 12 lb turkey Saturday afternoon. Soup came by that afternoon when the turkey was finishing up and then Kip got here about an hour after that. The turkey was so good. Over half of the turkey was gone after about an hour of us picking on it.
That night was my mini bachelor party. We had 16 guys meet at Rick Erwin's downtown for dinner and then off to my folks house to chill, play a little poker, and watch the fight. We met at the restaurant at 7:00 and it was really good. We left and got back to my parents house by about 9:45 just before the fight started. We had a good time and it was very laid back just like I wanted it to be.
On Monday I went into the Cancer Center and got my blood work done and met with the Doctor. All of my counts were really good and still up to great levels. Over the weekend I had a really sharp pain near my incision on my stomach. I had the doctor look at it and she said it is just scar tissue and nerves building back. This was a great relief because now its like Rodney Carrington says "if I stump my toe I think I got cancer" well I have that, but you get my point. I did receive some great news that day as well. I asked if I could start playing golf again and she said that I could.
Tuesday when I got to work the first call I made was to my surgeon to see what he thinks about this golf idea. I left a message for his secretary and she called back about an hour later and said that I am cleared to play but if it hurts just stop. I haven't played since late Jan. and yesterday after work Steven and I went up to Thornblade and hit a couple of balls at the range and there was no pain. Just the pain that I don't hit it nearly as far as I used to. But that will come with time.
Chemo started today and I felt pretty good. I was there at 9:00 but it took much longer today than it usually does. I left there and went to grab a little bit to eat and then headed over to work for a little bit. By about 2:00 I couldn't keep my eyes open from the medicine I took at 1:00. So I left and got home close to 3:00 and before I knew it 7:00 had crept up on me.
Hopefully this round will go by fast and without too many problems. I am ready for this week to get finished so I can get ready for next weekend with our wedding and "mini-moon" to Old Edwards Inn and Spa. Like always I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. My love to all.
Tim
Monday, March 22, 2010
End of Round #2
Well I have made it through the 2nd round of chemo. Thursday was the worst day I have had so far. I woke up that morning at my normal time for work and realized that I didn't feel good and needed to keep sleeping for a bit. I finally woke up at around 9:30 and felt a little groggy but I thought that was just from sleeping a little bit longer than normal, and I got into the shower and got ready for work. I made it to work and started reading emails and getting ready for the rest of the day when I just started feeling incredibly dizzy. I wanted to drink a little water but even the thought of that made me feel sick to my stomach. I stayed at work for about another 45 minutes while feeling like this before I just couldn't take it anymore. I got home and preceeded to fall asleep for about 3 hours. Now I will say that I took a Phenergan while I was at work when I started feeling dizzy so I think that helped me sleep as long as I did. Since I slept so long during the day I was up until about 2:30 that night, but I was up bright and early on Friday and back to work. I woke up at 8:00 to find that my pack was low and I was allowed to head over to the hospital and get unhooked. I got there a little after 9:00 and was out the door and on my way to work before 10:00. I still had the dizzy feeling on Friday but I took a different kind of pill that morning so it wasn't anywhere near the feeling I had Thursday. Friday night was a quiet night and I just stayed at home and watched basketball after Jenny fell asleep at 9.
On Saturday I got up and had to run a couple of errands before I settled back on my couch to watch basketball all afternoon while Jenny worked out in the yard a little bit. (Yes I did help although it wasn't very much) That night we were invited over to John and Christy's house for dinner and to hangout with some friends. It was tough not to have a couple of beers over there but my Coca-Cola got me through the night ok.
Sunday Jenny met with Mrs. Haas, Mrs. Cromer, Georgia, and Carolyn to talk about the baby shower that is being throw by them for my brother and Haley. While Jenny was doing this I assumed my position once again on the couch and watched basketball. I am useless on the weekends during "March Madness" and the college football season. That night my parents came over and we threw some burgers on the grill and had dinner with them while we finished watching the basketball games of the day. They stayed for about an hour and a half before they left and I did a little laundry and went to bed around 9:00 not feeling too well.
I woke up today not feeling well again so I stayed home from work and tried some different medicine this time. I'm finally starting to feel better and plan on heading back to work tomorrow.
Round 2 of chemo is officially over and I am finally in my off week again. We have a busy next couple of weeks coming up so I am going to try to rest any chance I get. I want to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers.
Tim
On Saturday I got up and had to run a couple of errands before I settled back on my couch to watch basketball all afternoon while Jenny worked out in the yard a little bit. (Yes I did help although it wasn't very much) That night we were invited over to John and Christy's house for dinner and to hangout with some friends. It was tough not to have a couple of beers over there but my Coca-Cola got me through the night ok.
Sunday Jenny met with Mrs. Haas, Mrs. Cromer, Georgia, and Carolyn to talk about the baby shower that is being throw by them for my brother and Haley. While Jenny was doing this I assumed my position once again on the couch and watched basketball. I am useless on the weekends during "March Madness" and the college football season. That night my parents came over and we threw some burgers on the grill and had dinner with them while we finished watching the basketball games of the day. They stayed for about an hour and a half before they left and I did a little laundry and went to bed around 9:00 not feeling too well.
I woke up today not feeling well again so I stayed home from work and tried some different medicine this time. I'm finally starting to feel better and plan on heading back to work tomorrow.
Round 2 of chemo is officially over and I am finally in my off week again. We have a busy next couple of weeks coming up so I am going to try to rest any chance I get. I want to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers.
Tim
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
USC vs. Furman
Like I said on Monday I will not be letting an entire week go by without updating the site. This really won't be a long post tonite but I figured tonite is as good as any night to write one.
Yesterday I worked a full day and felt really good all day long. The great thing about the chemo I am on is that the week and a half that I am not on it I really feel pretty good. Now there are times that I will get tired, but other than that I almost feel normal. Last night my dad got his law firm's box seats so Jenny, her dad, my parents, Randall, Marty, and myself went and watched the USC vs Furman game. It was good to get out and see a baseball game again this week. After the top of the 9th inning I walked down and was able to run into David Marchbanks, his dad, and Brad Wingo, whose brother had a great game last night. It was good to see those guys and catch up a little bit. After the game was over I first walked down to the USC side and was able to see and talk with Coach Tanner for a couple of minutes as well as Lipsey, little Kish, and Kitick. After talking with those guys for a couple of minutes I walked over and was able to see Coach Smith, Coach Whitfield, and Will Owens. They were disappointed with the outcome but they will fix the problems and get back on track soon.
Today I was up and out of the house by 8:20 and met my mom at my office so that I could drop off my car and ride with her over to chemo. We got there pretty close to 9:00 and I was hooked up and the treatment started. While I was there I did not wear any green so Lynn gave me her St. Patty's Day necklace to wear while I was in there, but did pinch me before I was allowed to put it on. As little fun as it is to get treatments, all of the people at The Cancer Center and especially my nurses are so nice and make it as fun as possible. My treatment was over at 12:15 and my mom and I went and met my dad for a quick lunch before I headed into work for just a little bit today.
I will update the site again on Friday to let everyone know how round number 2 went. Thank you again for all of the thought and prayers.
Tim
Yesterday I worked a full day and felt really good all day long. The great thing about the chemo I am on is that the week and a half that I am not on it I really feel pretty good. Now there are times that I will get tired, but other than that I almost feel normal. Last night my dad got his law firm's box seats so Jenny, her dad, my parents, Randall, Marty, and myself went and watched the USC vs Furman game. It was good to get out and see a baseball game again this week. After the top of the 9th inning I walked down and was able to run into David Marchbanks, his dad, and Brad Wingo, whose brother had a great game last night. It was good to see those guys and catch up a little bit. After the game was over I first walked down to the USC side and was able to see and talk with Coach Tanner for a couple of minutes as well as Lipsey, little Kish, and Kitick. After talking with those guys for a couple of minutes I walked over and was able to see Coach Smith, Coach Whitfield, and Will Owens. They were disappointed with the outcome but they will fix the problems and get back on track soon.
Today I was up and out of the house by 8:20 and met my mom at my office so that I could drop off my car and ride with her over to chemo. We got there pretty close to 9:00 and I was hooked up and the treatment started. While I was there I did not wear any green so Lynn gave me her St. Patty's Day necklace to wear while I was in there, but did pinch me before I was allowed to put it on. As little fun as it is to get treatments, all of the people at The Cancer Center and especially my nurses are so nice and make it as fun as possible. My treatment was over at 12:15 and my mom and I went and met my dad for a quick lunch before I headed into work for just a little bit today.
I will update the site again on Friday to let everyone know how round number 2 went. Thank you again for all of the thought and prayers.
Tim
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Chemo Round #2
I'm not going to type a lot tonite but I just wanted to give a quick update before I start my next round of chemo on Wed. This weekend Jenny's sister Sarah threw her a bachelorette party from Friday night thru Sunday. This was great for me because I was able to get out of the house and get some rest and do nothing. My brother and Haley went up to Nashville and they let me stay at their house which was so nice because like I said I got to do nothing but watch basketball all weekend.
On Friday night I went with my mom to watch Georgia play in the Greenville County All-Star basketball game. Although her team didn't win Georgia played really good. On Saturday I watched basketball all afternoon before I went with my parents to watch Becca play in the Greenville vs Spartanburg basketball game. Becca played very good and her team beat Spartanburg pretty easily.
Sunday I went and met my parents at Thornblade for the Sunday morning brunch and then dad and I went down to the driving range and putted around a little bit. We had a great time even though I can't play yet.
I went to The Cancer Center today for my bi-weekly blood work and doctor visit before my round of chemo. Everything went well and to my and my doctor's surprise my white blood cell count went up this week from the last time I had it checked which was before my 1st round of chemo. Don't know how that happened but Ill take it. I will give another update on Friday to let everyone know how the 2nd round went.
Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers and I will update again soon.
Tim
On Friday night I went with my mom to watch Georgia play in the Greenville County All-Star basketball game. Although her team didn't win Georgia played really good. On Saturday I watched basketball all afternoon before I went with my parents to watch Becca play in the Greenville vs Spartanburg basketball game. Becca played very good and her team beat Spartanburg pretty easily.
Sunday I went and met my parents at Thornblade for the Sunday morning brunch and then dad and I went down to the driving range and putted around a little bit. We had a great time even though I can't play yet.
I went to The Cancer Center today for my bi-weekly blood work and doctor visit before my round of chemo. Everything went well and to my and my doctor's surprise my white blood cell count went up this week from the last time I had it checked which was before my 1st round of chemo. Don't know how that happened but Ill take it. I will give another update on Friday to let everyone know how the 2nd round went.
Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers and I will update again soon.
Tim
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
End of Round #1
Sorry I haven't updated the site in a week. I finished with Chemo last Fri. at about 9:00 in the morning. I felt pretty good overall for the first round. The best way for me to describe how I felt is that I felt like I had a cold for 3 days and I was tired, groggy, a little dizzy, and very lethargic. But this didn't last but 3 days and I was able to work at least half days for those 3 days. I'll try to go back a couple of days and let everyone know what went on.
On Thursday I went into work and left a little bit after lunch time and came home and took a nap and this was the first time in a couple of weeks that I had done this. That night Berkley and Chris came by and dropped off dinner and that spaghetti was so good and exactly what I was craving that night.
I remember that I felt the worse on Friday. I haven't figured out why it was the worse day but it was. I woke up at 7:45 that morning and when I got out of the shower and I was getting dressed my cool fanny pack was going off and telling me that the medicine was running out and that I could go and get unhooked. I got to the hospital at around 9:00 and was able to go right into the back and Lynn pushed the last bit of medicine from the pack into me and then flushed my port and I was about to be on my way when she noticed something black near my port. There was a stitch that was sticking up that needed to come out. It's like they say "when it rains it pours." I just can't catch a break right now. So, I left The Cancer Center and started walking across the hosiptal over to the radiation department where they placed the port to see what needed to be done. Now I had to call Jenny b/c I got completely lost trying to find my way over to the complete opposite side of the hospital. I finally made it thanks to her directions and I was told that it was a stitch from the inside that had come through and needed to get removed. So they cut the stitch and I was on my way back to The Cancer Center b/c I forgot to set up my appointment for my next treatment. I really got lost this time and ended up in some wing that wasn't even close to where I needed to be. Jenny again bailed me out of my situation. I left the hospital and went and met GH for lunch and headed home for the day.
Kip and BA came into town on Sat. for Jenny and I's shower that night. I met them at Gregory's for Kip to get fitted for his tux and then we left and went to Chipotle for lunch. We left and went and messed around for a little bit before we came back to our house and took some naps. The party started at 7:00 and it was really good to see some of my friends that I hadn't seen in a while. I'm not going to name everyone that was there but that would just take too long but we had a great time seeing everyone that came. We left the party and went downtown and hung out at Connelly's for about an hour before I was ready to go home and go to sleep.
Sunday we woke up and waited for Chuck to get into town and then we went and ate at Lieu's. After that we came back to the house and hung out for the rest of the day.
On Monday I went back to work for a full day and also went to see the surgeon and he told me that everything looked really good but I am still not allowed to lift anything too heavy or do anything too strenuous. After work I headed up to Rock Hill with my dad and brother to watch them take on Fort Mill. Coach Bates called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me to come and throw out the first pitch. It was such and honor to be asked to do something like that. All of the people and players we extremely nice and it was a great experience that I will never forget.
I work another full day yesterday and finished it off with dinner at Jenny's Uncle Tom and Aunt Kay's house for dinner. We talked about the wedding and how things were going to happen that day since Uncle Tom is going to be performing the ceremony. We had a great dinner and I think that I ate way too much but the food was so good that I couldn't stop eating.
Finally for today. I can say that I will no longer wait an entire week to write one of these and I'm sure that I have forgotten things that I did this week but thats ok. I slept in a little bit longer today b/c I think that I pushed myself just a little bit too much that past 2 days. I got some rest and I will be back ready to go again tomorrow.
I want to thank everyone so much for all of their prayers and thoughts. It means so much to myself, Jenny, and both of our families. I know thank you doesn't do it but I want to say thank you and I love you all.
Tim
On Thursday I went into work and left a little bit after lunch time and came home and took a nap and this was the first time in a couple of weeks that I had done this. That night Berkley and Chris came by and dropped off dinner and that spaghetti was so good and exactly what I was craving that night.
I remember that I felt the worse on Friday. I haven't figured out why it was the worse day but it was. I woke up at 7:45 that morning and when I got out of the shower and I was getting dressed my cool fanny pack was going off and telling me that the medicine was running out and that I could go and get unhooked. I got to the hospital at around 9:00 and was able to go right into the back and Lynn pushed the last bit of medicine from the pack into me and then flushed my port and I was about to be on my way when she noticed something black near my port. There was a stitch that was sticking up that needed to come out. It's like they say "when it rains it pours." I just can't catch a break right now. So, I left The Cancer Center and started walking across the hosiptal over to the radiation department where they placed the port to see what needed to be done. Now I had to call Jenny b/c I got completely lost trying to find my way over to the complete opposite side of the hospital. I finally made it thanks to her directions and I was told that it was a stitch from the inside that had come through and needed to get removed. So they cut the stitch and I was on my way back to The Cancer Center b/c I forgot to set up my appointment for my next treatment. I really got lost this time and ended up in some wing that wasn't even close to where I needed to be. Jenny again bailed me out of my situation. I left the hospital and went and met GH for lunch and headed home for the day.
Kip and BA came into town on Sat. for Jenny and I's shower that night. I met them at Gregory's for Kip to get fitted for his tux and then we left and went to Chipotle for lunch. We left and went and messed around for a little bit before we came back to our house and took some naps. The party started at 7:00 and it was really good to see some of my friends that I hadn't seen in a while. I'm not going to name everyone that was there but that would just take too long but we had a great time seeing everyone that came. We left the party and went downtown and hung out at Connelly's for about an hour before I was ready to go home and go to sleep.
Sunday we woke up and waited for Chuck to get into town and then we went and ate at Lieu's. After that we came back to the house and hung out for the rest of the day.
On Monday I went back to work for a full day and also went to see the surgeon and he told me that everything looked really good but I am still not allowed to lift anything too heavy or do anything too strenuous. After work I headed up to Rock Hill with my dad and brother to watch them take on Fort Mill. Coach Bates called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me to come and throw out the first pitch. It was such and honor to be asked to do something like that. All of the people and players we extremely nice and it was a great experience that I will never forget.
I work another full day yesterday and finished it off with dinner at Jenny's Uncle Tom and Aunt Kay's house for dinner. We talked about the wedding and how things were going to happen that day since Uncle Tom is going to be performing the ceremony. We had a great dinner and I think that I ate way too much but the food was so good that I couldn't stop eating.
Finally for today. I can say that I will no longer wait an entire week to write one of these and I'm sure that I have forgotten things that I did this week but thats ok. I slept in a little bit longer today b/c I think that I pushed myself just a little bit too much that past 2 days. I got some rest and I will be back ready to go again tomorrow.
I want to thank everyone so much for all of their prayers and thoughts. It means so much to myself, Jenny, and both of our families. I know thank you doesn't do it but I want to say thank you and I love you all.
Tim
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Chemo Round #1
I hope everyone is doing well today. I thoght today would be a great day to give an update on how things are going. This past weekend Jenny had her sorority sisters Jen and Jenny come into town for her girl's shower this past weekend. It was good to see them and catch up again. I made them all dinner Friday night and proceeded to beat them in SceneIt, twice.
On Monday I got my port accessed for the first time. I can't thank the Owings and Mrs. Van Gieson enough for telling me about the Emla Cream. It was so nice not to feel a needle go into my body. They took about 3 viles of blood to check all of my counts and then cleaned my port out with a Saline solution. I still don't like needles or blood and I didn't look when they took the blood or after it was over but the whole process was totally painless. We then went and met with Dr. Edenfield and talked to him for about 10 minutes and just had a couple of last minute questions.
I did a lot of relaxing the rest of the day Monday and Tuesday. I feel asleep very easily last night and slept through the night. I woke up today got ready and met Jenny at my office so I could drop off my car. We got to The Cancer Center a little after 8:30 and stayed there until about 1:15.
When I got there they hooked me up to some fluids and then anti-nausia medicine for the day. My nurse Lynn sat down with Jenny and I and told a little bit more about some of the side-effects I could expect to experience as I continue throughout this process. I was then hooked up to my first dose of Chemo and it lasted about 2 hours. Lynn then unhooked me and connected me to my travel pump. The best way to describe this pump is it looks like a 1992 travel car phone. It is way too funny but I am rocking it out the best I can. Jenny says she is going to try to keep up by wearing her Myrtle Beach fanny pack (which I think she is actually really looking forward to) but I think we all really know who can pull off this look the best (sorry babe). I will keep this pump on me until Friday at about lunch time and then I will go back to The Caner Center and they will unhook me and I will be finished for the next week and a half before I do this all over again.
I have felt good today and hopefully will feel this way throughout this entire process. I was so anxious to get started today and I am looking forward to the end of this.
Like always I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers as Jenny, our families, and I go through this. Thank you all so much.
Tim
On Monday I got my port accessed for the first time. I can't thank the Owings and Mrs. Van Gieson enough for telling me about the Emla Cream. It was so nice not to feel a needle go into my body. They took about 3 viles of blood to check all of my counts and then cleaned my port out with a Saline solution. I still don't like needles or blood and I didn't look when they took the blood or after it was over but the whole process was totally painless. We then went and met with Dr. Edenfield and talked to him for about 10 minutes and just had a couple of last minute questions.
I did a lot of relaxing the rest of the day Monday and Tuesday. I feel asleep very easily last night and slept through the night. I woke up today got ready and met Jenny at my office so I could drop off my car. We got to The Cancer Center a little after 8:30 and stayed there until about 1:15.
When I got there they hooked me up to some fluids and then anti-nausia medicine for the day. My nurse Lynn sat down with Jenny and I and told a little bit more about some of the side-effects I could expect to experience as I continue throughout this process. I was then hooked up to my first dose of Chemo and it lasted about 2 hours. Lynn then unhooked me and connected me to my travel pump. The best way to describe this pump is it looks like a 1992 travel car phone. It is way too funny but I am rocking it out the best I can. Jenny says she is going to try to keep up by wearing her Myrtle Beach fanny pack (which I think she is actually really looking forward to) but I think we all really know who can pull off this look the best (sorry babe). I will keep this pump on me until Friday at about lunch time and then I will go back to The Caner Center and they will unhook me and I will be finished for the next week and a half before I do this all over again.
I have felt good today and hopefully will feel this way throughout this entire process. I was so anxious to get started today and I am looking forward to the end of this.
Like always I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers as Jenny, our families, and I go through this. Thank you all so much.
Tim
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