Yesterday TJ had his ECG (Electrocardiograph) and ECHO (Echocardiogram) test to see if he incurred any chemotherapy-related heart damage. Some chemotherapy treatments such as Doxorubicin can damage the heart. This damage can be in the form of CHF- Congestive Heart Failure. (When the heart does not pump enough blood into the body) I’m happy to report that we received the results back and no damage was detected :) TJ will most likely need to get another ECG and ECHO test after he has finished his radiation therapy. We also received the results back from his Lung Function test. His DLCO (Determines how much oxygen travels from the alveoli of the lungs to the blood stream) has dropped from 92% to 82% but still within the ‘Normal’ range. **ECHO test is an ultrasound of your heart **ECG-records electrical activity of the heart over a period of time by placing electrodes on the skin Today TJ began the first day of hopefully his last chemo cycle ever!! His last chemo treatment day will be next week on Friday 4th May. We know it’s not over yet and that he still has to get through radiation but we are happy that this part of his journey is soon coming to an end. :) We will be throwing an ‘End of Chemo’ party to celebrate! Update: Saturday 28 April 2018TJ completed day 2 of his chemo cycle today. (4th round) He woke up this morning not feeling well. This has been the first time since his treatment began that he has really felt the effects of the chemo. His cheeks were flushed red and he was complaining of the smell and taste of chemicals. He didn't want to drink water because he said it tasted funny and said that he felt tired, weak and sick. TJ takes medication called ‘Ondansetron’ (We call it Tron) to help him from getting nauseous but it didn’t seem to be working too well today so they also gave him some Maxolon. It seemed to do the trick and he was feeling better within a short period of time. On a side note; we noticed TJ starting to lose his eyebrow hairs a week ago and this morning we noticed that his eyelashes are also about to go. We bought some false eyebrows for him in case he wanted to use them but so far I’ve been able to fill them in using my eyebrow pencil :p I think I might go lighter on the hand next time. Practice makes perfect right? ;) If TJ doesnt end up using the fake eyebrows I bought him, we will be doing a competition on his blog to give them away. This will include latex free Adhesive and Adhesive remover (All brand new and unused) Watch this space! This is what the brows look like:
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August 2018
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