All New Chemo

So this last Friday I was given in all new chemo to try to continue to shrink the cancer.

The new chemo takes a lot longer to infuse into my body. My old regiment only took like a hour and a half and this new regiment takes 3+ hours. So it was a much longer day at the hospital than I was use to.

I am also for the first time taking oral chemo treatments. I take to pills each night, which I started on Friday and will take them until Tuesday night. so far I have not really had any major side effects from the new treatment.

So that is all that is going on in the Cancer World.

Happy Monday!

Catch up

A lot has happen since I last posted. I have had two rounds of chemo, a CAT Scan, and met with my favorite Dr. Schiff. So I finished that second round of chemo today, and I am now 80 percent moved into my new apartment. It will be glorious to have my own room and bathroom.

Thank you father.

Well I also finished six credits of school and got a A- and a B+ so I can complain that was my first classes since taking my eight month vacation. I forgot how fun it was to read textbooks and stress over assignments and test. But it sure is better than the alternative.

Well thats all for now.

Rock on and if you are in provo and want to kick it. Give me a yell

Chemo

I had chemo once again yesterday (Thursday). For the first time since I moved back to Utah I did not have to push back my treatment due to poor blood results. So it was nice to get that done and out of the way.

To celebrate I went and ate sushi! Oh so good.

School ends in about 2 weeks so that will be my life until my next round of chemo.

Thats all.

Shots: 110

Pills: 271

Long Overdue Update!

I have started school and chemo up here in Utah over the past few weeks and my schedule has become much more full then it had been at home in good old Vista.

I had chemo on Monday June 29th and everything went very smoothly. For the treatment room it seemed as though I may be being treated at a women's facility, because I was the only male there (besides the doctor). So once again I do not really fit in with all the other patients but I am sure I will still make some friends up here as I did while I was at the Children's Hospital.

So I am staying busy writing articles for the Daily Universe and you can read them online at http://universe.byu.edu/sports

I write articles about the Orem Owlz and Salt Lake Bees baseball teams. So hopefully that will be a guide.

Well life continues and the sun is finally shining in Utah after the first week and a half of being here it being quite rainy and overcast.

Shots: 103

Pills: 259

Movies: 148 (I feel that is number will more than likely not increase as much do to school, but that is a good thing I think.)

If you have any questions please fire away by either comenting on this blog or emailing me at cansirboi1986@gmail.com

BYU HERE I COME!

So This week has been quite eventful.

Tuesday: I go and get the results of my scans and everything continues to improve and I will be sticking with the same chemo schedule of once a day every other week. So with this in mind I made the executive decision that with this schedule that I would be capable of returning back to school.

Wednesday: With my car packed with all of my belongings I drive to Provo, Utah so that I may start the summer term of school starting June 22nd. I also got stuck behind a crazy accident that had me sitting at a stand still for about 4 hours. I watched Mulan and Angels in the Outfield.

Thursday: Moved into my apartment that I will be living in until end of August or so.

It was a very eventful few days and surgery is scheduled for December.

Shots: 97

Pills: 250

Movies: 146

Same old Same old

Yesterday I went in for another round of chemo. And it was just another day. I will be having scans in a week and what ever comes out of those will determine a lot of things. surgery? stay with new chemo or switch back to old? and whether or not I will be able to attend school in the fall.

So until enjoy your summers.

Shots: 95

Pills: 240

Movies: 133

KIMO ONCE AGAIN.

Well today I once again was due for another round of chemo. So as usual I woke up at a quarter to seven took and shower and jumped into the car and my mother and I headed down to childern's hospital.

I took advantage of my VIP status at the hospital and arrived at 7:45 even though my appointment was not until 9:15. So we got right in got "accessed" and sat and waiting for my blood work to process so that I would be able to meet with the doctor and she sould give me the go ahead to have the kimo administered.

So I went in to the doctors room and waiting for the doctor to arrive wishing that it will be my actual doctor, because I have not seen her for a while. The doctor came in and it was not my doctor but oh well better luck next time. I was told that my normal doctor (Dr. Schiff) had had knee surgery so I wish her a speedy recovering and hope everything goes well for her.

So after the doctors appointment I was unfortunately handed a pager and told to go wait in the waiting room they needed the bed space for the other patients. So after waiting for a while the pager went off and it was time to go get me some kimo.

I went and sat next to my buddy Sean and we kimoed together while playing Jenny in a friendly game of blink. Sean and I never beat jenny at this game but we play because we always have the hope that we will.

So Sean finished and left and Jenny shift was done and I was left with my mother so we talked about what to cook for dinner and so we search the internet for Ideas.

Then the beating of the IV pole buzzed and it was time to go home.

So that was another day in the life of David Chalk

Shot: 94

pills: 235

movies: 121

Other randomness that has been going on. I went to three Padre game last week and I got my braces of one week ago today. I think that is all.