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No more Chemo! (Original Post) alfredo Apr 2016 OP
I'm happy for the no more chemo but the reasons Solly Mack Apr 2016 #1
I'm doing ok. I will see how the blood work turns out. alfredo Apr 2016 #2
I'm better. Still unpacking. I hate unpacking. Solly Mack Apr 2016 #3
Then there is all the crap collected over the years alfredo Apr 2016 #5
Tomorrow is 25 years married with all of it spent moving around every few years Solly Mack Apr 2016 #7
I have so much cast iron here, it alters the rotation of the earth. alfredo Apr 2016 #8
My numbers are much better today. I'm done! alfredo May 2016 #11
Excellent! And the radiation? Solly Mack May 2016 #13
Had my last one Monday. alfredo May 2016 #14
I didn't know what to do with myself that first free morning. Solly Mack May 2016 #16
Normal is having functioning tastebuds. alfredo May 2016 #17
Oh, well. Not normal yet then. Solly Mack May 2016 #18
To dream the impossible dream alfredo May 2016 #20
Normal is toxic for the creative soul alfredo May 2016 #19
How many treatments are they eliminating? sinkingfeeling Apr 2016 #4
Just one alfredo Apr 2016 #6
That might be okay. Hope you start to heal soon. sinkingfeeling Apr 2016 #9
The healing has started in my mind. alfredo Apr 2016 #10
I'm so glad to hear this, my dear alfredo! CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #12
Now the hard part is the waiting for results alfredo May 2016 #15
Came here to check on how it's going Mira May 2016 #21
Sounds like acupressure alfredo May 2016 #22
Thank you for understanding Mira May 2016 #23
I used preassure points to treat my migraines alfredo May 2016 #24

Solly Mack

(92,910 posts)
7. Tomorrow is 25 years married with all of it spent moving around every few years
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 08:05 PM
Apr 2016

- multiple countries, multiple states - yeah, lots of crap.

I am well on the way to ridding myself of a lot of it though. Sold off some items already. Parting with a 115 years old hand-crafted drop leaf soon. Keeping the 1860 rough made butcher table though. It's beautiful. Just a little beeswax every so often and everything in the house pales in comparison. Heavy, though.

Sending you hugs!

alfredo

(60,146 posts)
8. I have so much cast iron here, it alters the rotation of the earth.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 08:32 PM
Apr 2016

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My cast iron skillets are my babies.

My Jade trees are getting so big it takes two to carry them.

alfredo

(60,146 posts)
14. Had my last one Monday.
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:29 PM
May 2016

It was nice sleeping in.

Now the slow return to normal. I won't know the definition of normal until I reach it.

Solly Mack

(92,910 posts)
16. I didn't know what to do with myself that first free morning.
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:35 PM
May 2016

I did enjoy having nowhere to go.

Normal is overrated.

alfredo

(60,146 posts)
10. The healing has started in my mind.
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:05 AM
Apr 2016

I can't wait for the nausea to fade away. It only happens every few days, but it is a bother. I can feel the ball in my tummy, but it isn't bad enough to trot to the porcelain. It finally comes, it passes, and I feel so much better. I am still able to get down 4 cans of 2Cal, otherwise I am able to take the prescribed 5 cans

Mira

(22,480 posts)
21. Came here to check on how it's going
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:05 PM
May 2016

and I'm glad you got to skip a chemo, and are OK with that. I read something yesterday in a little booklet of different bits of life advice, some of them I tried and each of them worked (such as yesterday I soaked all rusty garden tools in apple cider vinegar, in a plastic sack, and it dissolved the rust) and then here is one for you:

Clothespin trick to calm you down:

If you're feeling anxious and need to relax get 5 clothespins, the kind that pinch really tight, and clip one to the tip of each finger of your left hand. right at the start of the fingernails. Keep them there for seven minutes. Then put them on the fingers of your right hand for another seven minutes. Pressure exerted to these nerve endings is know to relax the entire nervous system.
Do this first thing in the morning if possible, or before or right after any particularly nerve racking situation.


You know me well enough to not roll your eyes. You know I'm thinking of you and have no help to offer other than caring, a lot!
Hugs!

alfredo

(60,146 posts)
22. Sounds like acupressure
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:15 PM
May 2016

They were right that the week after the last treatment is the worst. To me that means the radiation is still doing its job.

Thanks for checking in. By this time next week I should be in a better state.

Mira

(22,480 posts)
23. Thank you for understanding
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:36 PM
May 2016

that is exactly what it is, and it may actually in a strange way help a little. Thinking of you every day and attempting to send healing light.

alfredo

(60,146 posts)
24. I used preassure points to treat my migraines
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:39 AM
May 2016

The pain from the clothes pins probably stimulates the endorphins.

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