The Taber Family Blog

I get my first radiation treatment on Thursday, and another infusion of Cetuximab the same day. I’m a bit worried I’ll have the same reaction I did the last time with the chemo. But I’m also at least somewhat relieved to hear from others that the first infusion is by far the worst. Two days or so after the first infusion, I felt pretty much as usual, but I’m noticing the little indications of the rash that is common with this type of chemo. Seems limited to a red rash around my neck and chest. The daily pain has receded once again, and it’s only rarely that I feel any pain in my mouth. Mostly when I open it real wide to bite down on one of the Dagwood sandwiches Denise is known to make. So, no pain for now. I’m not sure that’s a good indicator or not. No pain is a good thing of course, but….

This will be my last week of coming into work for a while (probably six weeks or more), so I’ll be shifting into fully working and managing my IT team from the home office on Kirby Court. They’ve been prepped for this and I feel good about my team continuing to do what they need to do to support Key while I’m not physically in the office.