I think now I can say I've made it through the second round of chemotherapy. The most troubling side effect I've experienced with my chemotherapy treatments so far is the achy bones and joints. But, I think they are soon to be a faded memory (until next round, of course). Last night I slept well with the Tylenol taken at 10:00pm and haven't taken any more today. I felt occasional twinges of pain that halt me for a moment, but overall, I sailed through the day very nicely. As I sit and write now, I feel my knees are crying out for help. I plan to take a couple of Tylenol before bed to make sure I'm comfortable and get a good night's rest.
Today is MLK's birthday. Or at least the observance of his birthday. My son has the day off from school and is enjoying it with his girlfriend. They're geocaching at the park. My husband is busy doing guy stuff here and there so I'm enjoying my day relaxing with my books and doing some editing of photos I took at the last wrestling meet. I had only a trip to the grocery store planned. I'll call it my exercise for the day. Lately, I've been skipping my 3-mile walks to keep from aggravating the bone and joint aches. I think tomorrow I'll be ready to get back out there and hit the pavement again.
I am still nursing my mouth with the salt/baking soda washes. I gargle with the yucky concoction once at night before going to bed. My throat still seems a bit red back there and my mouth feels tingly or something. I'll just keep the preventive medicine going a couple more days to keep any bad stuff from happening. Hopefully my mouth will return to some normalcy soon. And maybe the taste buds will come back too. I still haven't tasted the "metallic" taste that I've heard so much about. I don't have a problem with metal utensils. I have a different taste of foods or no taste, but nothing would be deemed metallic-tasting. I guess that is a good thing.
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