Here we are on day #3 of the first chemotherapy cycle. I’m still feeling okay, which is great. I had some hard boiled eggs with paprika and keto cheddar biscuits for breakfast. Don’t be fooled. There are about 500 calories in the picture. I’m staying away from sugary and high carb foods like flour, rice, and sugar for now, but not necessarily going into ketosis. I find that this way of eating has really helped me with my body’s ability to recover from workouts when I was training for a half Ironman, so maybe it will help with chemo too.
I did notice my legs were a bit tired from taking several trips from the family room to the bedroom, which is 20 steps, 40 return trip. It’s not terrible, but it feels like I did a workout yesterday. The fact that I still feel okay after getting pumped full of chemo drugs must be the steroids working their magic. They should be wearing off anytime now too, so we’ll see what happens next. Some people say the first cycle is the easiest because your body hasn’t been beaten up by the drugs yet.
I finally got to remove the bandage from my neck today, which was nice. The bandage over my port was removed on Thursday when I got the chemotherapy. The neck bandage was extremely annoying and tight for the first few days after the port insertion. That was really the worst part, feeling like the skin on my neck was being pulled constantly. Ugh. It was great to take a shower this morning without worrying about getting any bandages wet. At this point, I should be able to return to normal activities without any restrictions, which is the upside of a port over a picc line which would hang off of my arm for a year. No thanks.