Team Jenny!

 Oh my goodness. I’ve never been so sick in my entire life. I started the oral chemo on November 5 and ended on November 18. I started feeling crummy about the 16th. Things got progressively worse from there. Had a few ER visits and a home health nurse giving me fluids throughout that week. When I look at the possible side effects from the drug I’m pretty sure I felt most of them. Plus some of the rare, more serious ones. I have been in bed since the 17th now. Not functioning, so completely miserable. On Saturday the home health nurse came to give fluids. He found that I had a fever, high heart rate and low oxygen. He instructed us to head to the ER. When we got there they stepped right into action. They don’t mess around with chemo patients who have these issues. It was kind of worrisome to me but I was grateful. From there, they did a chest X-ray which showed blood clots on my lungs.(common for cancer, but not associated with chemo) this was an automatic admission to the hospital. I

  If you’ve ever wondered what oral chemo pills look like…here they are. Just like a regular pill, but poisonous! There are instructions and warnings saying that anyone besides me who is administering them should wear gloves. And wash their hands. Makes me feel good to then swallow those down! But again, I’m thankful for modern medicine. And the chance to fight. We are praying that these little pills do their job, which is to stop the growth of the tumors and if it be God’s will to even shrink them possibly. Some of them just under my skin are a bit painful. I hate that! Also that I don’t get too incredibly sick. There are some strange side effects with these, different than the IV chemo. But overall they are less intensive and they find good success with using them for NET’s (neuroendocrine tumors)  we welcome all prayers and good vibes! I started the pills this morning and will finish this round in 14 days from now.  Today at church over the pulpit a fellow church goer and friend ask