Now Break Your Legs! Break 'em! Break 'em!

Chemo has been kind of a drag lately.  Beth had her 4th round of Chemo back on April 8th.  She never really bounced back from that Chemo Round.  Normally she is sick for about a week after each treatment and then starts to feel better and is good for 2 weeks, until she goes back.  That treatment on April 8th wiped her out.  Aside from the overall crappy feeling that Chemo brings here are a few things that have been most problematic:

Blurry Vision - this is a side effect of Chemo.  It started out blurry with things that are far away but now it has progressed to things closer as well.  What has been hardest for her is that she can no longer drive (She wasn't that good of driver anyways).

Neuropathy - another side effect of Chemo.  The bottoms of Beth's feet are red and burn.  It's a temporary neuropathy that sticks around for 3 weeks.  The problem is Beth has has Chemo every 3 weeks, so it's not temporary but more constant.

Leg Pain - Beth's potassium levels had been low her last few visits.  When her legs started hurting the past couple of weeks she thought it was because of her low levels of potassium.

Fast Forward to Friday, April 29th.

Beth mentioned some of the issues she was having to her doctors and the doctors did a brain MRI to rule out any brain tumor that could be causing the vision and facial numbness.  That test was clear. That was huge relief.

Regarding the leg pain, they did an X-Ray on her femur bones in her legs and found several fractures. So for the last few weeks Beth has been walking around with broken legs and did very little complaining. This girl has some major pain tolerance.

The bad news is she is no longer is allowed to bare any weight on either leg and is confined to a wheel chair until she has surgery.  They are afraid that putting any weight on her legs could cause her femurs to snap.  Not good!

We will talk with an Orthopedic Oncologist on Monday (tomorrow) to figure what the plan is and will update this blog as soon as we can.

As we always do, we will get through with lots of laughter, a few tears, faith, our family and friends and Silento.