dragging on

Well, Ive had four days of chemo, and today is an off day, no chemo today. I have been feeling really bad today and yesterday, lots of vomiting. So Wednesday will be my last day of chemo, then thursday rest, and friday ill get my stem cells back. then begins the long road to recovery...probably 2-3 weeks. ouch. but i must admit that knowing this is my last major form of treatment, it makes it less hard. i know that i can do it, and i will do it. no one said it was going to be easy, and im not expecting it to be.
i love you all so much, thank you so much for thinking of me
xoxo
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Day -6

2 days of chemo down and still I have no nausea, or any other side effects. YAY. But as the saying goes, nothing gold can stay. I would love to have visitors but I sleep the whole day beacause of the pre-meds they give me. Ill keep everyone posted on how I feel in a few days, maybe then I could have visitors.
Again, not much exicting going on in DUARTE...lots of TV watching.

xoxo

Day -8

Well Day -8 is down. I was postponed to come in until thursday, there was a shortage of beds. But i am here now and thats all that counts. I am finishing up my first chemo for the day, only about a half hour left. I dont feel any side effects, yet. Boredom hasnt set in either. But I am counting down the minutes that I have to be here. Now Dr Forman is saying i might need 4 weeks here!!! aahhh!! i dont think i will need that much time, i will lose my mind before i stay here for 28 days. no way jose.

nothing too exciting today. if you are the praying type, or if youre not, send good thoughts towards a friend of mine, alese coco, who is feeling pretty sick with her hodgkins. thank you.

xoxo

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I just got home from COH for my pre-admission check up. I saw Dr Formans "right hand woman," Barb, she is so awesome. She told me that i looked good, I told her I felt good, and I was on my way. I'll be admited tomorrow sometime, they are going to call me when a bed opens up, sometime in the afternoon. I am so anxious to start this and get it over with. I have been asking questions that I havent ever asked before, "when will my hair grow back" "how soon after im released until I can get back in the water" "when will i be declared cancer free?" I am finally allowing myself to look to the future and me being healthy. its so exciting!! all of my sentences start with "when i get out of the hospital..." its awesome. I know without a shadow of a doubt that i am going to beat this and never have to do it again.

Ill miss everyone for three weeks, but when i see you again, ill be HEALTHY!!!!

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jenna

Well, I saw Dr Forman today, and it was great news!! He said the
Malforan (the chemo I had during the first stem cell transplant)
worked way better than he expected. He said I am basically in
remission. So, he moved up my second transplant to next week. I'll be
admitted on Wednesday, my mom's bday. He wants to move up the date
because he doesn't want to give the disease a chance to grow back, he
wants to hit it while its down and that will increase my overall
chances. I am so exited, finally some good news!! So I will be
admitted on Jan 24 and will be there for about 3 weeks. I am so bummed
about having to go back but the next few days i'll be able to prepare
myself mentally, which i think is the most important part about all of
this. After I get out in Feb, i'll have more scans to detemine whether
or not i'll need radiation. so it's a waiting game for that.

on another note, we got our first letter from jack today!! he said
that he's loving it and misses everyone from home. he also mentioned
that he can do 60 pushups "no problem" haha.

thank you to all those who are thinking of me.

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SCANS

Well, we saw Jack off with quite the going away party. We miss him terribly!! My mom has already painted, rearranged and scoured his room, we also sold his car...so he beter not get kicked out of boot camp :)

I have been feeling SO good the past week and a half, its unbelieveable! I have been walking every day, almost four miles and have had a lot of energy. I am so happy that I get to enjoy this time in between my transplants. I've gained back some weight from when I was in the hospital, thanks to my mom's fantastic cooking. And I am planning of going to Big Bear next week, if my doc OK's it.

I had a PET scan today, a CT and echo tomorrow and then on Thursday I meet with Doctor Forman for him to tell me my progress thus far and give me a date to start the next (AND LAST!!!!) phase of treatment. I think I will be admitted around the beginning of Feb

I will post again on thurs, after we get home..

thank you all for your thoughts and prayers

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My litle bro

real quick, if you havent heard, my little brother jack is going to the coast guard on sunday. we are having a huge huge going away party at our house on friday night. come for dinner, drinks, and to give jack a few words of wisdom...

all are welcome, spread the word!!

adios!!!

I am outta here!! so stoked. i am just waiting for the doctor to come and write me some rXs that i will need at home.

i hope everyone had a great new years eve, mine was spectacular...haha.

anyways, i am feeling so-so today, excited to eat some real food from my moms kitchen as opposed to what they call food here.

if anyone wants to stop by the house, feel free, just please dont come if you have a cold or are not feeling 100% because my immune system is still shot and i can get sick real easily.

thank you so much for all your support, you are so awesome.

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