Wow, time is flying by! We have just welcomed Spring after a very mild and pleasant winter in Southern Arizona. Another perk of being out here during this time is that we didn't have to endure time change, either! Arizona isn't on board with time change since they don't prefer an extra hour of extreme heat in the summer. So we didn't have to make that adjustment a few weeks ago when the rest of the country was dragging themselves out of bed at a horrendously early hour.
My sister and her daughters flew out to visit us last week, which was so much fun! We went to an art festival, did some hiking, had a picnic, and bonded over movies. Camille and Connor finally had some kids their age to hang out with for awhile. Thank you so much for coming, Becky, Jenna, and Ali!
Week 13 was my last full week of treatments, and it was also the week our car decided to break down again. The repair was affordable this time, so we carried on. We met with multiple doctors and went over the plans for the chemo injections and cryoablation, as well as electric pulse treatments. The first chemo injection took place on Thursday. I got to be sedated and sleep through everything, and spent the next few days sleeping and dealing with the flu-like symptoms they told me to expect. It was tough, but I know it worked.
The very next week I had another CIPI treatment, and this time I wasn't as sedated, so I was awake for most of it. That experience was not pleasant, but again I know it will be worthwhile. I was able to be off for most of this week, and just relax at home other than two days of some immunotherapy and of course the CIPI. Now hopefully I'll have about 2 weeks left before heading home.
Some good news I've had this week is that I'm all done with chemotherapy! The doctor cancelled my last two planned chemo days in order to let me focus on these injections instead. I also received great news that a suspicious spot on my left side is not cancerous (they did a biopsy during the CIPI). The doctor has said that the lymph nodes that were cancerous are shrinking to nearly nothing after the first CIPI, so that is another encouragement.
We're in the home stretch now, and starting to make plans for getting home. We've got our dogs, our car, and lots of luggage, so it may be tricky figuring out how to transport everything. Camille and I may have shopped at one too many thrift stores! These final weeks will consist of detoxing my system from chemo and dead tumor cells, and undergoing the final treatment of Cryoablation.
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