Kira's Stupid Breast Cancer

Just another day in paradise.. LOL At least we've started thawing out from all the snow and ice.  Today was my every 3 week visit to VCU for labs, office visit and immunotherapy infusion. Aside from my thyroid, my labs still look great. The Capecitabine does not seem to be having any effect on my immune system, thank God!  The thyroid... is gonna be my mountain thru the rest of this treatment. I know it's a side effect from the immunotherapy, but dang. Today my thyroid level was at 16... the highest yet. Even after the med increase. Ugh... I know I'm supposed to take it before eating anything, which I do, but I did not know that my multivitamin and coffee could be having a negative affect on the thyroid medicine. Oops. So, I'm to try just taking my thyroid med then wait at least an hour to have coffee and take my vitamins. Luckily, the only ones that have to be around me that early are the dogs. My thyroid number being so high explains why I've still been so tired a...

I know it's been a little while since my last post... life has been busy. We've been dumped on with snow and ice over the last few weeks and only had a day or 2 where temps have been above freezing. Needless to say, we're trying to stay warm but these temps make caring for the livestock more challenging. Until we can finish the coop and pen upgrades, I'm having to take 5 gallon buckets of water out to the critters to defrost their water bowls a couple times a day. Luckily I have ski bibs (definitely not for skiing) and thermal boots so it's not a terrible chore. Not one I enjoy, but hey.. gotta do what I gotta do. On January 23, I went back to my dermatologist. This is a local doctor and she's been keeping an eye on the rash on my leg that appeared over the summer. Since the cream doesn't ever make the rash go away, it just relieves the immediate itching, and the area has grown, she decided to biopsy it. Yay. It's known that chemo drugs can actually caus...