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Last Scheduled Chemo

9/10/2014

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Labor Day was my last regularly scheduled day for chemo.  I received a phone call last week telling me my counts were low and I might not be able to receive chemo; the plan was for me to go to the scheduled chemo and do labs again.  Thankfully my counts were up by chemo time and I was able to do chemo.

I had a busy weekend so I slept most of the day for chemo.  Since it was a holiday it was a pretty quiet day at chemo with very few patients.  I got to chemo at 8:00 and was the last patient there when I finished up around 5:00.

I wasn't prepared for the emotions I would have when I was finishing up this chemo treatment.  The nurses I have at chemo have become friends I had been seeing every few weeks (more frequently when you consider I kept getting hospitalized in between treatments).

We joked about me "ringing the bell" because I was literally the only patient there.  My nurse Melissa went and gathered up a big group of the nurses I have come to know though and I ended up with quite a nice group to "ring the bell" in front of.

I cried, just a little, which I didn't expect.  It was like the ending of an era I guess?  Now I am waiting on scans to find out if treatment is completed or if additional treatment is needed.  At this point I am assuming more treatment will be needed, there has been discussion of radiation and/or more chemo but we won't know until my PET/CT scan.  My scan is scheduled for September 22nd with a follow up oncology appointment on the 24th to review the results and discuss future plans.

Post by Erica Frazier Stum.
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    Erica is a 32 year old cervical cancer advocate who is out living cancer for the third time. When she isn’t advocating for cervical cancer and HPV awareness as a Cervivor Ambassador, she previously oversaw the STEM program at the school where she was an educator; she now helps coordinate the robotics program. Erica enjoys spending time with her husband and son in their Indianapolis neighborhood, as well as pursuing new and adventurous hobbies. She can most recently be found fawning over kayaks and daydreaming of returning to whitewater kayaking with First Descents, an organization for young adults impacted by cancer. 

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