7:30 pm - Wednesday -- Beginning Round 7 of 12. That means 6 down, 6 to go! Milestone day...had a sit down with the Dr. about the mental and emotional toll chemotherapy has on a person. Once you hear the word 'cancer' nothing is ever the same. Its on your mind, 24/7. I told him how the anxiety builds every day that I come to his office. Today we talked about the depression-inducing strain. He said it was totally understandable; he said it was great that I try to continue with as much normalcy in my daily life. He said that will go a long way to making the treatments successful. BUT....he said you need to realize that I (Dr. Balz) am poisoning you each time you come in. That is not normal and you (and your family)need to accept that. BUT...you are going to do fine. And you know what? I will do fine. I have a lot to look forward to in the very new future, new grandbaby in August (due 2 days after my last treatment, therefore I will be in the uber nausea state and NOT interested in baby 'excretions', so I will see him the next weekend!! ;-)
Dr. Baltz is an amazing guy. He is super friendly, down to earth guy from Louisiana. When we meet and he goes through his physical check on me, he and I chat about our travels, our hobbies (he likes to cook as do I), just relaxing. He really calmed me down and wanted make sure I continued with the progress I have been showing him.
So anyway...7 down, 6 to go. One guy in my session time, Rudy, today was number 10, two to go! I gave him 'the eye' :-) jokingly. I am so happy for him. He is on the same program as me and he is doing great at 10 so I am looking at being as good at the end as he is!!! Then, let the celebrations begin!! I'll be back tomorrow with an update on day 2!!
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