Tuesday, February 16, 2010

4 days out from IL-2 dose

My side effects are getting better day by day but slower than what had been suggested. I've dropped 1/2 of the 20lbs. of water weight. I don't hyperventilate at effort but I am short of breath after doing something like going up stairs. I'm low on energy and weak enough to not want to take a long walk outside. Generally just unsteady. I see the doctor tomorrow about the next phase that should start Sunday. The treatment loses a lot if you don't do it right away but if I'm not recovered it would lose effectiveness too because I could not take many doses of the IL-2. Yesterday (Monday) was the first day that I ate normally. Giovanni's spaghetti for lunch and a slice of pepperoni for dinner.

My sore throat I had in the hospital (which was insignificant) seems to have turned into a decent cough for now. I'm not sure how this might affect things.

I'm not up for doing anything organized so I'm just kicking back to recuperate for today and probably the rest of the week.

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