Month: June 2017

Happy Wednesday! I hope all of you had a great last two weeks (Sorry about the blog not posting last week!).

So, some stuff has gone on. When I went to the oncologist in NYC, he and his fellow were very concerned about the weekly side effects. The fellow asked me a lot of questions about them to get specifics, blah blah blah, that kind of stuff He came back in with the doctor and he said that he wanted to try a medication vacation to see how I do without the pills. I asked that he talk to the doctor down at UVA first to get his approval and make sure it is okay and he was fine with that.

Last week I got a call from his office saying that it was approved and I can take a vacation from the pills. So, I have not taken the pills since June 1st! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Haven’t had to vomit on Thursday or Friday for almost three weeks now! I went to the local oncologist today to get my blood drawn to see how I am doing and so far, my numbers are doing okay. I see the NYC oncologist again in July, so we’ll see what he thinks then.

So, I will talk to all of you next Wednesday! I hope all of you have a great week!

Happy Wednesday! So, not much went on over the weekend – though on Saturday, we decided to look for some ginger ale that I drink on Friday (Boylan’s), since the nearest supermarket hasn’t had any in stock the last two times we checked. First we went to a Trader Joe’s that opened in the last year – it was surprisingly very disappointing, they didn’t really have anything. On the way back, though, we spotted a place that was called something like Old World Market Grocer and Furniture. A place that sells both groceries and furniture? You *have* to stop and take a look inside. So we did just that and they had furniture and groceries – including soda from around the country – we got a six pack of bottles that looked interesting to us. So far, we have tried Cicero Beverage Co.’s Salted Caramel Root Beer – it was delicious, it wasn’t your typical root beer with a strong bit to it, it tasted more like a root beer float, which was nice.

So, other than that, I had the dentist today and I had no cavities – the dental hygienist and dentist were both shocked, given how much I have vomited in the last two years. The cleaning took over an hour. Tomorrow I get to skip the pills because I have to go into NYC on Friday to see the oncologist there – yay!

So, I will talk to all of you next week!