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braelee2
braelee2 Member Posts: 130
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Im still here . I did my 4th chemo Treatment this week. It was ok. Now for my good off week. Yeah. I can't stand haveing numb fingers. Getting the house decorated, the tree trimmed. cookies started and shopping hopefully I can get some of this done.

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #2
    Update
    Thanks for the update. How many treatments are you having? Yup the neuropathy is a bad thing. I'm still dealing with it. Let your oncologist know if it gets too bad for you though. Sounds like you are getting everything done at once for Christmas. Love this time of year though and that's why my decorations are up for about six weeks. Have a great "off" week.

    Kim
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #3
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Update
    Thanks for the update. How many treatments are you having? Yup the neuropathy is a bad thing. I'm still dealing with it. Let your oncologist know if it gets too bad for you though. Sounds like you are getting everything done at once for Christmas. Love this time of year though and that's why my decorations are up for about six weeks. Have a great "off" week.

    Kim

    Hi!
    good to see you back ,sorry for your issues on fingers!And enjoy your week off !
    Hugs!
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #4
    Hi Natalie
    I was wondering how you were doing. Thanks for the update. Looks like I'm not going to be getting my #4 round so you're going to be ahead of me. This FOLFOX club is like watching a slow motion horse race ... wondering who makes it to the finish line first. LOL
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #5
    Good to hear from you
    I'm glad you let us know how you are! Hope you have a good week off the chemo. Do what you can about Christmas stuff, but give yourself permission to maybe eliminate some stuff this year. Take it easy.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #6
    Thanks for checking in
    I hope you enjoy your off week.
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #7
    Hi Braelee
    Glad to hear from you, Braelee! Sorry about the numb fingers- it's definitely lousy. Make sure you're taking the alpha lipoic acid (my onc always asks me if I remember to take it- even though I've got about 90% of my feeling/use back in my hands, I still do have issues & don't have the fine motor skills that I used to). My onc insists alpha lipoic acid helps with that.

    Enjoy the holidays and God bless-
    Lisa
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #8
    lisa42 said:

    Hi Braelee
    Glad to hear from you, Braelee! Sorry about the numb fingers- it's definitely lousy. Make sure you're taking the alpha lipoic acid (my onc always asks me if I remember to take it- even though I've got about 90% of my feeling/use back in my hands, I still do have issues & don't have the fine motor skills that I used to). My onc insists alpha lipoic acid helps with that.

    Enjoy the holidays and God bless-
    Lisa

    Natalie....
    kiddo you are doing a great job.....4 of oxy is so good.....

    Gail is right....if things don't get done....so be it....

    enjoy your holiday season

    maggie
  • braelee2
    braelee2 Member Posts: 130
    #9
    maglets said:

    Natalie....
    kiddo you are doing a great job.....4 of oxy is so good.....

    Gail is right....if things don't get done....so be it....

    enjoy your holiday season

    maggie

    Thanks all
    I am just trying to make this Christmas a good one. I don't want anything to be different for my kids just because I have Cancer. So Im doing my best I can do on my off weeks. My mom says Im like the Energizer Bunny. One week all I do is sleep and the next week I run around like crazy. LOL I just love Christmas and I want my kids to have the best on Ever.
    The Kids and I made cookies this week. It was alot of fun. It made it even better that they were off of school for 2 days because of all the lake effect snow. What is better than Spending time with the kid, christmas music, the smell of cookies bakeing, and the snow falling outside. Can't ask for anything more than that.....

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