Treatment #3

2.3.25 
Leading up to treatment 3 I was already nervous. I was hopeful they would be able to do the full treatment (since we had to cut back last time) but I was nervous about how intense it was going to be, and it was just as intense as I anticipated. This treatment I got the full FOLFOXIRI (it sounds like a video game to me) they increased the amount of Irinotecan and they added Avastin. So basically 3 different types of chemo and an anti-angiogenic therapy. Before I was diagnosed, I had no idea there were so many different types of Chemo. All of them target different types of cancers. Then, when I got the 5FU pump off I did another Tempus blood test and got another neulasta shot. 

The first couple days after the infusion I felt mostly tired but as the week went on I started to get extra sensitive to smells and had some major food aversions. I didnt want to eat anything, I felt nauseous, got even more tired (took about 2 naps a day), and writing this almost a week after treatment I just now feel like I am coming out of the "chemo fog". Yesterday (Tuesday 2.11) I got a Vitamin C IV and had to have them pause it mid way through because I thought I was going to get sick. After some zofran I was able to finish the IV. 

I am once again so thankful for all my family and friends who have been carrying me through this wild journey.