Chemo Works or I How Lost 40 Lbs in 4 Weeks
First of all, welcome to my new blog! I decided to start a new one to reflect my new diagnosis (hopefully I won't have to do this again in 4 years!). I went with 'Prose for POEMS' instead of 'Poetry for POEMS' because the idea of poetic updates terrifies me. My poetry days ended with the angst of adolescence. If you missed my last post or are new to this, please feel free to take a trip down memory lane at https://workingcidp.blogspot.com/ . I finished my first chemo 'cycle' this week and figured I'd share some thoughts on how it is going so far. There are many types of chemotherapy out there and many different dosing schedules. I'm doing a modified version of a regimen called CyborD, which was designed for multiple myeloma patients as a preparation for stem cell transplants. Apparently it is also very effective for POEMS patients. So what is CyborD? Well, it's a combination of two chemo drugs -- Cyclophosphamide (taken...