In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, I was released from the hospital!! Well… perhaps it was more due to my progress toward overall health. At any rate I went “home” with my mom, whom I will be living with here in Austin while I recover. The second round of chemo begins Monday, May 11th. Same gig as before… 9 hour infusion at TX Oncology Center followed by 3 days of the continuous chemo drip via my take-home pump. Please keep me in your thoughts/prayers as I enter my next round. I am staying positive this round will be “easier” than the last as I am entering it with a much stronger body and a functioning digestive system.
Apparently my digestive system hasn’t worked for a while which left me malnourished long before the first round of chemo. Now I have a feeding tube, I no longer dread every meal. I was very leery at first, because – c’mon! Who wants a tube coming out of their stomach?? Thankfully I can still eat orally, but now I don’t have to rely on my struggle to eat. Whatever I have via mouth is just a bonus that goes toward me gaining weight which we all know I desperately need to do… I guess in a way I’m lucky – I can eat desserts all day and know that I’m still getting all the nutrition I need!
Those of you who are in Austin, please feel free to come visit me Monday during the infusion. It gets pretty boring sitting there for 9 hours. I start the drip at 8:45a at the Texas Oncology building which is located at 6204 Balcones Drive – 78731. Take the Far West exit and head South on the feeder. It eventually turns into Balcones Drive; just another strip of pavement which has more than one name here in Austin. Honestly, I don’t know how new comers ever make it around in this town. Be forewarned I have no hair… I have noticed from hospital visitors I should warn people before they see me.
So there you have it, my release information, my peg tube nutrition, and my bald head. What an update!!
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Oh honey! I'm sorry your hair is gone. I know that's got to be a shock. Hopefully we can all see it as part of your liberation from cancer!
ReplyDeleteI am SO glad you get to leave the hospital!!! Baby steps :D
Feel free to bring the dvd player to the infusion. Do you need more movies?
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Carrie
Hey Alisa,
ReplyDeleteI am working on a hat for you now. I hope that you will like the colors. I will try to give you a call this weekend and let you know when I think it will be done. I'll be out of town on Mon-Tues, so I won't be here for your next blast of chemo, but I will surely check on you when I get back. Keep eating and get your strength back - you are doing great!