Day 17

Jennifer and I saw Reznick yesterday and talked about the treatment. We are no longer going to use Bleomycin (Every Tuesday Treatment) as he believes I have a negative reaction to it. Was it the fever that made me black out or the fact that I threw up all over the hospital bathroom that opened his eyes?? He has also asked me to start including Benzodiazepins on my list of medicines that I am allergic to. These medicines include Valium, Xanax and the one he gave me, Ativan and I was unable to rest after taking it. At this point, I will give blood on Friday and have a chemo schedule for all next week and it's back to the EP protocol. After Treatment on Tuesday, I will go see Dr. Forrester and he is a pulmonary guy that Reznick wants me to see. He is still concerned about the oxygen retention as I took that test prior to any chemo treatment and the results were below average.

Addison was not feeling well yesterday and Jennifer took her to Dr. She has a fever and because of a few things, including my condition, they put her on an antibiotic. We decided it was the best thing for me to go over to my Mom's house and stay the night as I needed a good night's rest and need to avoid getting Addy's sickness. It was a good night as I was able to sleep for 8 hours (with some sleep aid) and I feel pretty rested. The unfortunate thing is that my hair is starting to come out and it's happening pretty quickly. As I was making the bed, I noticed a ton of hair on the pillow cover so I rubbed my hand across the back of my head and it there was a lot of hair on my hand. I think we will cut it off tonight as I do not want to deal with it.

We woke up to some snow here in CO and the forecast is for the temps to be right around freezing until Saturday.

I again want to thank everyone for all the support and most importantly, for your friendship. Happy Thanksgiving.

Sam