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Rocky woke us up this morning <strong>with</strong> vomiting. There's never a dull moment around here.<br />
We went to a birthday party for Bob Savluk Saturday evening (May 24). He is a member<br />
of our Poker group and was celebrating his 60th birthday. It was a wonderful casual but<br />
eloquent party.<br />
Another member of the poker group, Howard Watkins took photos. Below are two of Judy<br />
and Me, one <strong>with</strong> a hat and one <strong>with</strong>out.<br />
<strong>My</strong> hair has not yet begun to fall out but this is a preview.<br />
Judy looks great in these pictures, and she has been wonderful during this battle. I<br />
couldn't ask for better care and support than what she has so cheerfully offered.<br />
Posted by David Shuster at 02:32PM (-07:00)<br />
The world did not end, so I will continue<br />
chemotherapy<br />
Sunday, May 22, 2011<br />
Sunday afternoon, 5 days after Cisplatin, 3 days after my last dose of VP16.<br />
This week has produced more severe symptoms than round 1.<br />
Nausea has been worse. I have still been able to control it fairly well <strong>with</strong> the<br />
medications. The Zofram seems to be associated <strong>with</strong> constipation and I am now on my<br />
third day day <strong>with</strong>out any action. I will not make the mistake of straining and will await the<br />
effect of prunes and laxatives.<br />
Yesterday, I treated the nausea <strong>with</strong> a product legal in California, and I must say it was<br />
very effective.<br />
In fact, last night I had the best night of sleep in a few weeks.<br />
Today is the first day I have not felt the severe fatigue of the past few days.<br />
<strong>My</strong> taste buds are slowly fading away, but I have not completely lost my sense of taste.<br />
However, even after the "product", snacks did not taste as good as I might have<br />
expected.<br />
I expect that in the next few days I will feel better, but round 3 will be worse than round 2.<br />
I have an appointment <strong>with</strong> Dr. Flam Tuesday morning but he will be out of town, so I will<br />
see his assistant, Marina. The main thing will be the labs, and I will go fasting to the<br />
appointment to get a better idea about my blood sugar which has run in the 170's after<br />
Boost Plus.<br />
I received a subpoena for tomorrow morning to testify in a trial where a former associate<br />
<strong>My</strong> <strong>Battle</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Merkel</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
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