Being Saturday, we slept in until 7:00. Dianne even prepared breakfast that we had in bed. The plan for today was for Dianne and Denise to do some garden work, first in front of the house and later in the backyard. I would be with them, sitting in my camping chair. The idea was that I would be outside enjoying the fresh air.

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Overall it was another good night of sleep. As the mornings before, the muscle spasms in my left leg still are there, but the pain level is getting less and less. Maybe there is a chance that soon they will be gone all together. As to the water retention issue in my legs, I wear compression socks during the day, take a water pill after getting up and work on my diet to ensure it contains protein.

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This morning I woke up around 3:00 to discover that I was covered in sweat, this never happened before. I will have to check this out later today when I am at the center for my second Carfilzomib treatment.

Getting up this morning I encounter lightheadedness which does not wanted to get away. As to the pain in my legs, I was informed yesterday that these are muscle spasms that are a common side effect to the medication I take. Walking it off or massaging the area will help with eliminating them.

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Today is day one of session two of cycle two. It starts in the late morning with Dexamethasone and is followed in the afternoon with the Carfilzomib treatment via infusion pump.

Overall it was another good night. As the mornings before, the pain level of my left upper leg shoot up to a 8-9 the moment I got out of bed. Actually, today the pain was also in my right leg. As before, this pain did not stop me getting ready for another day.

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