Friday, Sep 28, 2007

The Friday After

Well.. its been a week since CHEMO and I have to say that it's been interesting. I want to say that I feel okay. I'm happy that I'm finally fighting this cancer, doing something about this disease that has invaded my body and has changed my life. I want people to know that my spirits are up and I'm positive. I have my downs, too, but then I bounce back even more ready to fight.
Now for the juice: as the week progressed, I started acquiring normal symptoms from chemotherapy. Just first, I still jogged four days this week, even though I have "symptoms." My hair follicles are tingling just to let me know they can. I suppose that means I'll start losing the little bit of hair I have----SO WHAT! Tuesday I developed gum discomfort after eating an apple, so now I'm watching what I eat. Wednesday I developed joint discomfort. I thought that this was due to me jogging. However, I didn't jog Thursday but still had the discomfort into Friday. In fact, now it's joint pain and very much a symptom and not exercise related. I can feel my heart beating in part of my body and it doesn't feel good. Sometimes the pain is almost breath taking.
However, even though, regardless, nevertheless..... these are all normal symptoms. The pain is to be expected and I'm ready for it. The pain is letting me know I'm alive and fighting. I'm okay and can beat all this!