{"id":129,"date":"2016-07-06T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T12:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tnvanrooyen.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-07-06T00:05:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T12:05:45","slug":"update-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tnvanrooyen.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"Update 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tnvanrooyen.com\/?attachment_id=131\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?fit=5312%2C2988&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5312,2988\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G925I&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467556853&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0027624309392265&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20160703_144053[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531-1024x576.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"20160703_144053[1]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnvanrooyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160703_1440531.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today was chemo treatment day number two. It was pretty much the same as the first treatment, except that I had more of an idea of what to expect. I gave them my same arm to use, the left one, as most of the pain has subsided. Now if I do have more pain in my arm at least I&#8217;ll have one good arm. \ud83d\ude42 They\u00a0did offer\u00a0me some other options so that I don&#8217;t have to get poked by a needle in my hand every fortnight, I&#8217;ll explain these in more detail in another post.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three days my energy levels have been really good, however today after the treatment the energy dropped a bit. I think my body just got rid of all the chemicals and then I refilled it today. I think my body was saying something like: &#8220;WHAT THE ????&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I want to say a great big thank you to my support people who came along with me. It sure does make a difference to the whole experience. It also helps the time go by much quicker when I have awesome company around me.<\/p>\n<p>Also a great thank you to the people who are supporting me from far and wide. I am still astounded by how much support I get from all over the planet. Today&#8217;s blog views include people from these places: New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and the United States. Thanks to all of you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>You are all Awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Positively, T Neil van Rooyen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was chemo treatment day number two. It was pretty much the same as the first treatment, except that I had more of an idea of what to expect. I gave them my same arm to use, the left one, as most of the pain has subsided. 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