My name is Vicky. I live in Colorado. I'm 43 and a divorced mother of two. I'm a medical transcriptionist, and a writer. Less than two weeks ago I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and I don't have a family history of colon cancer. Writing is my way of dealing with and processing what I'm going through. This blog is a way for me to do that for myself, my family, and anyone else who might benefit from it.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014

The cramping in my feet started to get worse while sleeping and I woke up this morning with intense sciatic nerve pain in my left calf.  Over the course of the day it spread up to my knee and down into my foot and is very painful when walking.  Touching my skin is excruciating.  Makes my leg feel like it's on fire.

And my feet are now peeling.  I've always gotten dry skin sometimes but this is not normal, definitely due to the chemo.  When I get out of the shower is when the skin peels the most.  I'll be toweling off my feet and the skin just rubs right off.  That's gross sounding, I know, but that's what it does.

I don't feel a thing when it happens.  I just rub it off until it's done peeling and then that's it.  Later in the day if I check my feet they might show a little peeling but it's rougher and dryer, so for it to come off I'd have to pull at it, snip it with clippers, or shave it down with an emery board.  Still no feeling at all.  Definitely a reaction to my therapy.

My face peels too but thank God not to that degree.  It's like when you've had a sunburn and your skin is lightly peeling and flaking.  I use Oil of Ole beauty cream or whatever it's called.  Put it on a couple times a day and you can't even tell.  I just keep checking the mirror periodically to make sure there's no flakes of skin showing.

Still no letter or pick-up notice.

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