Anxieties

It is two days and counting before Mom's first chemotherapy treatment. The anxieties about the possible side effects are on everyone's mind. Obviously, the biggest worries are about the possible nausea and the reaction to the steroids that mom will be receiving from the Taxotere. (The steroids will affect her blood sugar level to the extreme. Mom really has her diabetes under control, with her insulin shots, but the steroid use could cause her blood sugar levels to go sky high.)She is also worried about the other side effects-mouth sores, problems with her blood counts and of course hair loss. I keep telling her that she might not get all of the side effects, so she shouldn't focus on them. Be prepared, if they happen, but we'll deal with them as they come up.

Mom made it through the mastectomy so well. I know that she can do it through chemotherapy, too. This is going to be tougher on her system, but she can do it. She has to do it. We DO NOT want the cancer to come back!!