Yes, another six month of chemotherapy coming up, but its not all bad news!!

Overtime I have gradually reduced the huge amounts of steroids that I was prescribed at a rate of 4mg a week.

So tomorrow I celebrate with the weekly drop and will be on 24mg of medrol; down from 96mg three months ago!!

My breathing today is so much more stable and I have managed to stay out of hospital since May – I thank God for this blessing and the six monthly treatments of cytoxin that I started in January and completed in June. 

Since then I have been battling with edema (excess fluid build up in the feet and ankles) and a huge weight increase as a side effect of the massive dosage of steroids I was taking.

I ballooned all the way upto 370 lbs at my heaviest, but with the lowering of the steroids and a strict diet, I have managed to lose weight slowly but surely and am now around the 334 lbs level.

The more I lose weight, the easier it gets to walk around, the easier it gets to lose weight, so I have managed to halt the vicious circle and instead am moving in a positive direction.

I still do not have a firm diagnosis of the disease that I have, but I am blessed for every day I can stay out of hospital. The additional chemo is to counteract any possible adverse reaction my lungs could have to the continuous lowering of the steroids.

I have no problem with that. Thank God the doses are tiny in comparison to the dosages given to cancer victims.

My heart goes out to them.