Day 12

Tonight Steve takes his 12th dose of Pomalidomide. It's not been the easiest time. The worst side effect has been the cramps he gets. Mostly in the lower legs, ankles and feet. One particular night he was up almost every hour, screaming at times so loud you would think he was being tortured. I've felt so helpless. He's been handling it all so well, God Bless him.

A Little Humor for the Hubby

A few days ago Steve checked online to see what he could find out from other patients, maybe some ideas on how to alleviate the side effects. He came across several mentions of yellow mustard and Gatorade. We went out the next day and bought 2 bottles of mustard (one for his car) and some Gatorade. He approached it with the mindset of prevention versus treatment.

So he began taking several teaspoons of mustard and drinking a bottle of Gatorade every day. The cramping episodes have almost completely stopped! When he starts to feel a cramp coming on he immediately takes the mustard. So far so good. As I write this I'm feeling so grateful that he has found something to help him.

The other side effects could be dealt with long term….but the cramps….no way could anyone endure such pain, as frequently and unexpectedly, along with the lack of sleep (due to the timing of most of them), and continue on the treatment even if it was working.

So as always our prayer is for the treatment to work and there would be minimal side effects. Thank you for your faithfulness and love. We are so blessed to belong to the family of God, the church of Jesus Christ!

Please pray for Julie, Natalie, Rosemary, Michael, Rosemarie, Debbie, Maricella, Jim and Michael.