So far, the waiting is the hardest part of my cancer treatment — I mean the actual amount of time spent waiting for doctors to see me. Today I arrived a few minutes early for a 10:30 AM appointment. I gave some blood for lab tests and then waited until after 12:30 PM to see my doctor. I never even got the results of my tests — I’m still waiting for that. The funny thing is that I would probably still be waiting to see the doctor if I hadn’t decided to cry and inform the nurse that I was not going to wait any longer. After my display, the nurse got the doctor, I got my exam, I paid, and then I got to leave. I got home at 2:00 PM. This is just one of many days spent waiting in doctor offices. I once waited four hours.
The reason for today’s appointment was to monitor my progress since receiving my first chemo treatment. I appear to be fine. No temperature. No mouth sores. No breathing problems. No irregular heart sounds. Hopefully I won’t have to wait much longer to see if my blood counts have dropped. I’m still waiting to see if my hair will fall out — for this, I am willing to wait.
My second chemo comes this Friday, February 4th at 8:00 AM. Chemo is the least of my worries right now. The waiting has been far worse.
Jacki Donaldson
Jane Donaldson on 1/31/2005 at 3:51 pm said:
Dear Jacki,
We love you and are very proud of all that you are doing.. and we pray for you every day. Love Lisa and Jane
Hi my sweet angel .. I love you so much and hate every miserble thing you have to endure. God protect you everyday.
Love, Jane
Dell Hagan on 2/3/2005 at 5:13 pm said:
I can’t imagine the myriad of emotions you must have during the waiting process. And to go into a tirade about it, as your friend, doesn’t help but it’s frustrating to know that in the midst of all that you have to deal with THIS TOO plagues you
Love to you, Dell
Michelle on 2/12/2012 at 8:06 am said:
Dear Jacki. I just wanted to tell you how helpful and inspiring I’ve found your blog (and I haven’t even finished reading the whole thing yet)! I was recently diagnosed with Stage 1 BC and am at home recovering from my mastectomy. I have two young boys and so many of your entries have resonated with me. I don’t know a lot about blogging, but I’ve just started experimenting with one of my own and I mentioned your site in one of my posts so thought it would be proper etiquette to let you know? If you have any tips or resources, or any advice really, I’d love to hear from you. Thanks again for sharing your story. -Michelle