Two Finished Or Should I Say 11

Dear Cancer,

It has now been just over a year since you decided to enter my life again. You were not welcomed a year ago but now I believe you are gone and that makes my day.

The ups and downs have been plentiful over the past year and now we will only accept the ups! I just finished my second round of chemotherapy (or eleven) and the side effects are more than I can handle. It appears the break for surgery did not give me a fresh start on the chemo path, it is as if I just finished round 11. There a no new side effects from previous treatments but they are more intense and it is taking me a week before I even leave the house after treatment compared to two days in the past.

I see my oncologist on the 2nd of May and I plan on requesting a lower dose for my next round of treatment. If he proceeds with a lower dose and the side effects are manageable, I will continue treatment, otherwise this will be my last round. I realize most of you can't understand why I would cut my treatment short but I honestly don't feel I can manage the side effects at this intensity much longer. I will have a CT scan on the 27th of April and will ask for a PET scan to confirm everything is still clear before I make my final decision. For now I believe round three (twelve) will be my last.

I will update everyone once I see the doctor and get my results back from the CT scan. For now, take care and keep smiling!

Karen