
Secondly, this weekend is an event I have been waiting to come for months: Cervivor School. Cervivor School is a fantastic event where cervical cancer survivors get together with a purpose. Cervivor is an organization which focuses on advocacy and education for cervical cancer. I have been looking forward to this for months. When I got home from work Wednesday it seemed like the world was crashing in around me. I had just found out no Avastin. I am having swelling in my abdomen which my nurse suggested could potentially be a bowel obstruction and gave me instructions for what to look for and what signs meant and immediate trip to the ER, no matter where I am (thankfully I don't have any additional symptoms).. Then, at 7:00 when my family got home I took my temperature and it was at 102.8! What? This can't be happening, is exactly how I felt. I know if I went to the ER it is a five day stay, it is always a five day stay. I quickly got my oncologist on the phone and explained the situation, his response, don't get on the plane. I told him I wanted to try and break the fever with ibuprofen and talk to my husband. Fast forward to 2:00 am, seven hours after I took my ibuprofen, and my fever was still not back. I called the oncologist and he agreed I could go on my trip. He said "maybe the fever was a fluke since it hasn't returned". I am having a fabulous, educational, and empowering time here at Cervivor School. Unfortunately my fever does spike everyday. it is being managed with ibuprofen but I fear a hospital trip may be in my future when I land back in Indianapolis on Sunday.