[jml]

Hi Friends~
Just wanted to share an update on how things are going on Ixempra...
I'm on weekly treatment of Herceptin + Ixempra, 3 weeks on, 1 week OFF.
The 1st treatment was long, but I seemed to respond as I usually do - 24 hrs after feeling flu'ey, then a couple of tough days.
The 2nd week has been tougher.I'm way more tired and nauseas on this treatment than any of the MANY revious combos I've been on.
It's surprises and scares me how "sick" I feel. Some of it's due to the disease in the nodes in my belly pressing on my bowels, making for lots of GI issues, but I really feel "chemo-sick" too. I was hoping to be able to continue to teach, even just a class/client or two, on my good days, but I'm just not having a full, good days like I have in the past on other treatments.
The good news is, I do feel like some of the GI issues are getting better, hopefully because the nodes are shrinking and everything in my belly isn't so crowded.
My 3rd treatment is on Monday, and I'm already getting nevous about how I'm going to feel afterwards. I've never been on Adria or Cytoxan, and I've heard that's a really tough combo. I wonder if this is what it feels like to be on that combo.

We'll re-evaluate after the 2nd full cycle. Hopefully the Ixempra will still be working, and I'll be tolerating it well.
And then hopefully TDM1 will be just around the corner.

Thanks for all your encouragement. I do check in daily on everyone, but don't always post.
Regardless, I keep you all in my prayers and
Keep the Faith for all of us~

Jessica