SO...I have lots I need to post about, and most of it requires pictures, which I'm too tired to put on here, so I'll tell you about my most recent Chemo.
Treatment #5 was a drug I had never had before, and wasn't sure what to expect. Taxol usually isn't as nausea inducing, so I was excited about that prospect. Last Monday was the day, and that afternoon/evening I felt pretty good. I took a long nap because the lady sitting beside me getting her chemo snored like a freight train for 1 solid hour so I couldn't sleep there despite the Benadryl cocktail put into my port. Oh, and my recliner was angled so it wouldn't go back either and the nurse wouldn't stop bringing in trays of "hospital foood" that makes me nauseous and gag (seriously) the whole stinkin' time I was there. It was awful!!! Sorry, tangent. Anyway, when I woke up Monday evening I felt good enough to eat, and even talked to my family for a while (unheard of for a chemo day!). Then on Tuesday I felt pretty good, but was extremely weak. I was able to eat, but sitting or lying down was a must for most of the day. Tuesday evening I had to give myself the Neupagen shot. That's when it all went downhill...
I am aware the shots always cause flu-like symptoms and make me feel absolutely horrible throughout the night, but it usually goes away mid-morning the next day. On Wednesday I was waiting for the bone/muscle aches to go away and they just wouldn't! Then I called my Mom (like all sick pitiful people do, right?) and she looked up Taxol and the side effects. Oh, great severe joint pain is a side effect. Well, another Neupagen shot on Wed. night and mild dehydration, severe joint pain and overall lethargy was the order of the day for Thursday as well. Happy New Year to me! I spent New Year's Eve by myself, on the couch watching an all day, all night marathon of "The First 48" and I swear I saw every episode. Well, between naps ;)
So, Friday came (New Year's Day) and I was determined to leave the house as early as possible, pain or not. I had not even gone outside the walls of my house for 4 days and hadn't driven for 8 days...I was beyond stir crazy!
My in-laws had kept the little one in Tennessee from the weekend before when we visited, and brought her back on the 31st. She had SO much fun with the family, and I am so thankful they did it because I couldn't have been much of a Mother in my condition!
I'm feeling much better now, hoping for 2 full weeks of feeling normal before another round. I can't decide if being nauseous for 2 days is worse than the way I felt or not. I guess poision in your body in one form or another is going to have negative effects. Gotta take the good with the bad!
Saturday was my Mom's birthday and we were out doing a little shopping. She fell in the parking lot of a store we were coming out of and I knew immediately she was hurt pretty bad. I tried to help her up, but she kept saying "I can't yet". So a couple minutes later she got up and then almost passed out on the way to the car. Me and the little one are totally freaking out, me because I didn't know what to do, and the little one because she fell with her, and had a scrape (very minor) on her hand that had a drop of blood escape. Trauma ensued for her! Anyway, long story a little shorter, we went to the Urgent Care for 3 1/2 hours and she found out her shoulder is fractured in 3 places and her knee is also broken. Happy Birthday, Mom! I SO hate that she's hurting and will be out of commission for a while, I know it's going to be hard for her to let me and other people help her for a change.
Hope YOUR 2010 is going great, and health and wellness abound :)
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