I may have been a little hasty in my brag in the previous post. Lately my hands shake like a dog trying to pass a peach seed. The agressive chemo schedule has really worked me over, a seven hour sesion last Monday, with a 2 1/2 hour session each day the remainder of the week left me shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. And to think I have two more days of chemo next week. After that I will be off the chemo for at least three weeks, will have to wait and see if my hand steadys up again, or how it will be once the treatment is over,
Hang in there Rockbilly, My own Chemo was twice a week for five Months (had to quit that as the erbitux swelled both my eyes shut) and once a week for an additional five Months. This left me with (Dead hands) and truth be known, I had no business hunting that 2008 Deer season. The only reason that I did do this was that I completed three different range sessions with the S/A firing just 10 shots per session and that revolver never did go off before I wanted it to.
Mine was never the shaking hands but they would cramp with some digits drawing inward on their own. My typing skills went from the 55wpm range down to 10-15wpm and I would have to sign my name by grasping the pen and using my forearm strenght to make the pen strokes.
Most food tasted too bad to eat and I survived that Summer on oranges, oatmeal, and hot chocolate.
Most objects became too cold to touch, even a glass of tap water. My administration Nurses told me to be glad that it was not Winter and I knew exactly what they were talking about.
This would include my inner mouth and throat, it was like needles going down unless it was hot or sat at room temp for a good while.
My weight went down by 37lbs but I still had a little over 200lbs on my 6'-3" frame.
Basically, I felt like I had been hit by a Mack truck as you could have knocked me down like a feather, I told my very understanding Wife that I thought my Libido had gone down to the south pole.
Chemo was complete in Sept of 08' and I was back to work in mid Oct. It was too soon but I held my own ok. Hunted Deer in Nov as said but I spent 1-1/2Hr doing what I could usually do in 40min. You will do ok but just remember to take your time.
March 2010: 1-1/2 years have passed since the Last Chemo and I recieved a good report on the results of a colonoscopy, Cat scan and Blood tests. I am basically back to 100% although my hands can be numb & tingle At Times. I can still feel pain in my right thumb and my bare feet feel like I have a soft pair of Moccisons on as they really have not got much better. My Libido is back!...I am happy and thankful on the whole and looking forward to a good 2 yr checkup. If this is so, the chances of those bad cells coming back goes way down.
