My Last Chemo Infusion Roundup

If all goes as planned, last week's chemo cycle will be the last of my chemo infusions. Going forward, I'll be on pills. And at this point, it's hard to see any circumstance that would lead me to choose to go back on the chemo infusions. 

This is particularly true after this last cycle which has been pretty horrible. Despite the four week break, the side effects this time were as bad as they've ever been. The nueropathy was particularly bad. At this point my feet still hurt -- which is new -- and while my fingers are getting better faster, the pain was the worst it's been so far. 

Oddly, Thursday and Friday weren't all that bad. For the first time in more than a month, I was able to work the two days after chemo. It wasn't until Saturday that I really started feel terrible, and Sunday was worse.

Overall, things are starting to improve, though I'm still drinking beverages without ice. It feels like things are starting to improve -- yesterday being better than today -- but given how long the effects have lasted this time, I'm glad to know that this will be my last round with IV chemo. 

I don't care how many months or years it buys you, the trade offs from chemo -- well, IV chemo at least; we'll see how the pills go -- just aren't worth it.