Lots of sleep on TCHP Day249(12:11) #breastcancersurvivor #her2positive #invasiveductalcarcnoma

Today's news:no Perjeta's revenge & sniffles getting better . Hair seems to be growing. Work & rest.
4.15.2024: done w/ radiation!
upcoming appts: 4.30.2024 infusion
12th treatment done. Infusion #7 & beyond are Herceptin & Perjeta only; no chemo.
Treatment 7 Labs showed low hgb (7.9) which explains my exhaustion. & low CA (7.2) & low K (2.8). supplements for a week. Labs on 1.2.2024 - hgb (8.9), mg (0.6), ca (7.2). Started iron supplements. Labs on 1.16.2024 hgb (10.7), mg (1.5), ca (9.4), k (3.6). Labs on 2.5.2024 hgb (12), ca (9.7), k(3.4) Labs on 2.26.2024 - mg (1.8), ca (9.4), k (3.3)
Surgery Tuesday (1.23.2024). Itchy near steri strips, tegaderm ... Benadryl helps. Overall, doing pretty well considering. Got my JP drains out!! Steri-strips have to stay on for up to a month 🙁 tegaderm came off with JP Drains. I will continue Benadryl. Despite feeling pretty good; I'm still healing and need to give my body grace. 1.31.2024 slept in bed instead of recliner. 2.1.2024 Changed from bra to compression tank.
Medical drama(on day 116): Lost consciousness a few times. Probably orthostatic bp. EMTs checked me over. All good. Taking it slow today when changing positions.
11.24.2023 PET scan results no lymphoma or breast cancer visualized on scan.
TCHP (Taxotere Carboplatin Herceptin Perjeta) Chemo treatment day 112 (cycle 6: day 1).
Day 49 Cycle 3 Chemo with me: kzbin.infojLtNADrPycc?feature=share
Anxiety about treatment and Week 3 Summary ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/roPNpombqbeoadk )
Treatment plan ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4TKdJ99f9urY68si=jewAqI1Mhmw3cl4Y) :
1. TCHP Chemo treatment (Taxotere Carboplatin Herceptin Perjeta) 1x every 3 weeks for 6 cycles (minimum target 4 cycles)
2. surgery to remove my implants and all remaining breast tissue
3. HER2+ antibodies continue for 12 - 18 months
4. If surgery pathology still shows malignancy... (more chemo and/or radiation...)

[@deborahlanyi5535]

Thanks Jen! Your upbeat and informative info is so helpful. "Tomorrow is going to be a better day!" I often remind myself 🌺

[@MoreThanAPatient]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. It warms my heart to know/hear that I am having a positive impact. Agree, Tomorrow is going to be a better day. Be well, Jen

[@davidbaum7235]

Love you!!! ❤❤❤

[@MoreThanAPatient]

❤️🤟🫂

[@KathInNJ]

I do a 10 minute morning stretch every day, here on KZbin. Yoga With Kassandra is the channel, she just celebrated 10 years of KZbin. She's got a lot of playlists, and has a few 30 day challenges. One she did not too long ago had a daily affirmation video that went along with the yoga. I gotta get myself moving more though, as I'm gaining my weight back. I found a few walking dance/cardio videos I'm going to try. If it's not fun, I won't do it. Do you enjoy exercise? I do not. LOL

[@MoreThanAPatient]

I do not enjoy exercise; although, I seem to find joy on my rebounder. Hoff says it makes in a good mood. I can say I feel better when I exercise and I feel good about myself when I finish. Otherwise, I treat exercise like chemo, water, and such. It is now medicine and I have a daily prescription I must meet. Of course, I had the same requirements before but now it is life and death. So there is that. Be well, Jen

[@KathInNJ]

@@MoreThanAPatient if I get outside, even for a short 5-10 minute walk, it greatly improves my mood, so I can understand where Hoff is coming from, for sure!