Chemo: It's a bitter sweet kind of thing.

Today, I had my 2nd treatment for my second round of chemo. It went really good, as it always does. The second day is when the "sicky" feeling starts, and then caries on for five days after that. My Dr. wants me to start slowly coming off of my nausea medicine. Dr. Lobo informed me of his wisdom today by telling me this: He says that I am so young, and I have not had time to experience life, that is why I am so sick after chemo. That is why I can't control my anxiety, and I get all worked up about it. He says that older people, say in their 50's, have been through life, they have experienced things, therefor they know how to handle being sick after chemo. It was really enlightening. So, for three days after chemo I can take my medicine around the clock, but after the three days, I should only take it when I am feeling sick. I hope this means my nausea will go away soon! I hate it so much. I can deal with being in bed for five days, but the nausea is just terrible. Here I am complaining and I can only imagine what my friend Steph is going through. I am so glad she is coming through and doing better though. I feel I can speak for both of us when I say that chemo is a bitter sweet thing, because although it is killing our cancer, it feels like it's killing us when it's in our system. Anyone who has been through ABVD of other kinds of chemo knows exactly what I am talking about. Anyways, I have officially started a TREND, and I call it "Painted purple for HL!" Paint your nails purple ladies in support for the girls fighting Hodgkins Lymphoma. It's funny when you sit back and take a look at your life. You never expect to get something like cancer. Something that actually has the potential to take your life. It's something that can't be understood, I have come to learn. It just is. I'm not sure what God's plan for me is through all of this, but I know He has one for me. It's an amazing thing knowing that He is in this with me, and that he has a reason for this. I find such comfort in knowing that. I can't explain to anyone how much faith I have gained through everything that has happened to me in the past few months. How outstanding is His love???!! Right? Wow. Well, I guess I'm done. Just thought I would let you all know what's going on this head of mine :) Thanks for reading! I'll keep blogging, you all keep reading!

-Faith, Hope, and Love!
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