Middle of the Week of Week One of Gemzar Abraxane

    So, life starts again on chemo with new side effects such as achiness, weakness, more neuropathy in my legs and feet and all over "chemo funk".   Only those who have experienced  chemo side effects probably know that singular feeling of "chemo funk" (my phrase) that is not describable to compare with anything else.
    This morning, day 4, was the worst and now I am starting to feel a bit better.  I do not have pain and I am not nauseated, but I have been taking a med called Nexium that seems to help with the abdominal pain.  If I have the pancreas pain in my side and back, I will take Tylenol which works well for me right now:) I do have to take something for constipation since for weeks, I was loose every time I voided.   (Sorry for the "personal" descriptions but that is how it is!!)
    I am prayerfully thinking of several people whom I know going through much worse than I am at this point.  They have fought and are still fighting for their lives and for their family's lives.  I want to believe that the Lord brings us through our lives to eternity with His everlasting arms under us, with meds nowadays to carry us through the transition.  I believe it is a transition to our eternity with the Lord.
    The next weeks will be my transition into hair loss which I don't look forward to.  I always appreciated my hair when it was brown and when it turned white.  Never considered I would ever go bald.  I guess something that God wants us to learn is humility and that is what I will "study" in this new adventure of chemo therapy!
    By the way, I questioned my doctor about the spots in my lungs which have matasticised from the pancreas tumor.  The cells in the spots are from the pancreas tumor, not lung cancer.   So, this chemo is supposed to work on both if it works.   Also, my doctor is working on getting a pill called OLAPARIB, a targeted therapy,  that might slow down or stop the growth of the DNA in the cancer cells.   Not sure what that is all about, but hope is hope when it comes to cancer research.  Since no trials were open near us in VA, I opted not to go for any trials farther away.