The new chemotherapy drug Karen's on, Lonsurf, has had only very mild side effects. There is some nausea by the second week, and yes there's the usual - often overbearing - chemo fatigue, but all of the other horrible side effects of chemotherapy seem to be absent. She says her sense of taste is off a little, but it's only a subtle difference. The only other thing is it can be a little tricky getting two dosages of treatment 12 hours apart when you're sleeping a lot. It has to be taken with food and sometimes it works out such that it's a little difficult, or if nothing else, frustrating, for her to wake up to eat something.
We're all set to start radiation treatment next week. There was something Karen had wanted to do Monday and treatment couldn't be scheduled around it, so we'll be starting this coming Tuesday instead.
