Painful and Ugly

I started my new regimen just over a week ago. Unfortunately it isn't going very well.  While most patients tolerate these medications very well I am one who seems to be having an allergic reaction.  Really, I look like I have some horrible skin disease with hives and pustules on my hands and arms.  You can see how awful it looks.

 They started about 3 days after I started the medication and although I have stopped taking the meds and started benadryl they are still getting worse, and spreading to my feet.  I also started getting the ulcers in my mouth - mouth sores are so common to chemo patients.  They hurt and sting all the time.
Tomorrow I go back into the Onc for my monthly follow up, and I hope that she can solve these problems.  I don't know what that solution might be, because any change in treatment brings the risk of the same or similar side effects.
With my check-up they will run blood work and I already know that the results aren't going to be good.  It too so long to get this new regime organized and started, and then there is the fact that the old regime wasn't working any more.  So, I have two months that have likely allowed the cancer to grow.
Medically speaking, my life is kind of in the toilet right now.  But I have had some great things happen too.  I got to go see Uncle Sam, my brother, before he deployed for a tour in the middle east.
It was so great to be with him.  I was so proud to see the way he and his fellow soldiers have formed a camaraderie. I trust they will take care of each other. I quickly grew to love the handful of guys and gals I met.  I am proud of the morals and values they safeguard.
Visiting Uncle Sam gave me the chance to also do some site seeing from the top of NY down through the center of the USA.  It was a grueling but beautiful road trip.
Enjoy...