I wanted to wait a few days to see how Eric did before updating on this past weekend's chemo because we're never entirely sure how he's doing until several days past the treatment. This week went better than expected, in part because he was expecting it to be bad because last month so was tough. The treatment process was fine, followed by several days of nausea, weakness, tiredness, lack of appetite.
Eric hasn't been able to eat much at all. He has slept a lot- long 5 and 6 hour "naps". Yesterday he finally felt his appetite coming back and ate a meal for the first time since Friday. Taking all that Prednisone earlier in the treatment process caused quite a weight gain which has now all been lost and then some. He's at a healthy weight and, hopefully, will continue to have enough of an appetite to keep him from losing any more.
Aside from interim blood work, next on the calendar is the pre-chemo visit with Dr. S on 5/14, followed by the sixth (and hopefully, final) round of chemo on 5/17 and 5/18.
Thanks for checking in and thanks for the prayers, cards, and good wishes!
Maureen
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