Praise the Lord ! I am off treatment again

After the chemo treatment in Nov '10, follow by CT scan in early Dec '10 (right before the 3rd cycle), I again make decision to take a break from treatment , after discussion with doctor.
Doctor accepted my request with condition that I have to monitor very closely and back to see him immediately if I feel anything wrong .
Praise the Lord ! It is by God's grace and his healing power that I am here and doing well .
My wish for 2011 ...
Another year of no chemo treatment and live well with everything under control . Pray for my watch & wait approach works well and may the healing from God continue to touch me everyday and with the healing power flow thro' my body , I will be heal and set free from cancer. Thanks God , in name of Jesus , Amen.
God Bless.
SK

Smooth chemo procedure today

Today proceed with the schedule chemo with Alimta and all goes well .
Until now , beside a bit of tire , all well . Only problem is can not sleep, hopefully can overcome it and have good nite rest.
Have received CEA tumor marker blood test reading today and it happen like the situation in Sept last year . CEA reading shot up after chemo , but, this time the increase is about 70% , from abt 1000 to abt 1700 , break the new record.
Hopefully the reason is due to the chemo drug working in destroying cancer tumor .
Anyway, most important is the scan report .
So, will leave this matter aside and monitor on next blood test and to make decision whether proceed CT scan 3 weeks later or to do it after another cycle of chemo.
Thanks Lord for his blessing for my smooth chemo procedure .
SK

Am I really strong and no fear ?

Am I ?
Am I no fear in facing the result of scan report ?
Am I no worry when fluid buidling up in lung ?
Am I not scare to say yes and proceed for the procedure to drain out those fluid from lung ?
Am I no fear to start chemo again and worry about the side effect ?
Am I ... Am I ... Am I ... Am I really so strong ?
No ! I am still worry .
No ! Fear still disturb me .
Some time I am scare to take the test because I am worry about the result.
So what ! ... I am just a normal human being .
It is nothing wrong to have fear , to worry and to feel scare. I am not robot.
What is important is to have the support to help me to do away fear , worry and scare.
I am so grateful that Lord is there for me whenever I am in fear and worry .
I am thankful that Lord always there to give me strength to overcome it and bring me joy to live my life the way he want us to live.
Pray to Lord for his mercy, peace and love from Lord will fall on us and we will feel the peace of mind .
Praise the Lord !
Wish all of us will enjoy our day and use our strength to do good .
God Bless !

Alimta ( Pemetrexed )

This round of chemo with Alimta give me new experience with side effect.

I have posted in GRACE some question and get some sharing of information that I think it is good to share with you.

You may click on the link as follows :-

1) Alimta ~ A different experience of side effect http://www.cancergrace.org/forums/index.php/topic,6722.0.html

2) Alimta ~ what is maximum dose for me http://www.cancergrace.org/forums/index.php/topic,6720.0.html
( read the sharing from Joe and click on the link item 3, to link you to the Dose calculator )

3) Alimta ~ Folic Acid and Vitamin B12
http://www.cancergrace.org/forums/index.php/topic,6690.0.html

SK

Chemo Update Day 9 ( 29/10 )

Great !
Still tire, but, feel much better.
Manage to have about an hour of brisk walking.
Can eat well .
Rash start subside , but, some new rash show up at my back. Anyway, I can cope with it.
Overall good and I think it is almost over now.
Will get body system up to get ready for next chemo .
Thanks God .
SK

Chemo update Day 7 (27/10)

It is a surprise for me. Been doing so well on day 1 and 2, then, day 3 feel a little tire and day 4 morning feel very good with proper exercise as usual and having dim sum for breakfast, suddenly , thing change so fast, in late afternoon, body ache + muscle pain and feel very very tire and stomach upset.
Go to bed , rest and sleep , and no appetite .
Luckly that manage to sleep as when feel tire and day 5 ( Monday ) is the worst, feel so tire and just sleep , rest, sleep and rest the whole day . To avoid serious weight loss, start to look for food that can suite my taste .
Thanks God, with grace manage to cope it .
Yesterday morning , feel better , but, still very very tire and sleep/rest a lot .
Rash start to show up in my neck and upper body in late afternoon.
Manage to sleep for one to two hours, as when I am tire.
This morning, feel better and just wish that side effect start to withdraw and looking forward to a full recovery before end of this week .
Note : The side effect is different from previous Chemo with Alimta, previous chemo give me side effect latest on the 2nd day and go off by 4th or 5th day. This time, I am doing so well for the first few days and it suddenly attack me with surprise and now follow by rash ( previously no rash ) . It is what they say " The treatment is full of uncertainty "
Sk

Chemo update day 2 ( 22/10 )

Gastric start at 3 am and managed to solve it with standby medicine.
Then the expected hiccup start in the morning abt 9 am , without ginger with me, I took some fine sugar , let it melt in my mount slowly and manage to cure it. Hiccup came back after an hour, I think it is because I drink water too fast. No more sugar with me and therefore, I ate a small piece of chocolate and let it melt slowly in my mount, so amazing, It works. Thereafter, no more hiccup with a good control of drink and eat slowly.
Kind of tire , but, not manage to sleep well.
Next side effect worrying now is constipation, hopefully it will solve by tomorrow morning.
In general, I feel great .
Thanks God .
SK