So....round two of the super-poison has just commenced. This is the every three week one so I've got 3 days pencilled in for nausea and exhaustion (and I'm praying nothing more than that). Hopefully by Friday night I'll be back in the saddle. Steve went with me to sit there for 5 hours. Played a game of scrabble (he'll want me to inform everyone here that he won) and a couple games of 500 rummy. All in all a good day....the oncology nurses make it bearable. Can't say enough about them.
My hair is thinning. I'm getting way too much out in a brush or pick or just with my hands and I'm pretty sure I'm not making any more. Hopefully this hair loss thing is my last big hurdle---at least emotionally. It'll be a tough day but I've got lots of support from some pretty incredible people in my life. Thank God for them!!!! :-)
Bright spot #1---Spent a rainy Tuesday with my sweetie
Bright spot #2---Super-poison round two is over....4 more of those to go
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
for any who are still reading this drivel
I don't know if anyone out there is actually still reading this but it's at least a good way to journal....
Wednesday I was just tired all day...no big deal. Definitely didn't have to take the whole darn day off but I did, not knowing what to expect. Thursday the nausea set in and Friday it really took hold of me. Worked both of those days 4 hours each, but spent the rest on the couch either sleeping (odd for me) or laying as still as possible. By Friday night, the nausea had abated a good bit and today I hardly had any. So maybe I'm on the upswing of these fun and games. Tomorrow I'd like to go to church, although Steve has balked at this suggestion after the oncology nurse informed me I'm not to be in big crowds like malls or theaters. I figure God'll protect me in church ;-)
Bright spot of the last 2 days---I didn't actually throw up.
Bright spot for today----played our first game of pool since our world turned upside down over a month ago. Really missed our poolhall world.
Wednesday I was just tired all day...no big deal. Definitely didn't have to take the whole darn day off but I did, not knowing what to expect. Thursday the nausea set in and Friday it really took hold of me. Worked both of those days 4 hours each, but spent the rest on the couch either sleeping (odd for me) or laying as still as possible. By Friday night, the nausea had abated a good bit and today I hardly had any. So maybe I'm on the upswing of these fun and games. Tomorrow I'd like to go to church, although Steve has balked at this suggestion after the oncology nurse informed me I'm not to be in big crowds like malls or theaters. I figure God'll protect me in church ;-)
Bright spot of the last 2 days---I didn't actually throw up.
Bright spot for today----played our first game of pool since our world turned upside down over a month ago. Really missed our poolhall world.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
one down.....
Alrighty then....what an incredibly LONNNNNNG day. But I have been successfully infused with all the poison's they could think of and am now just awaiting the your-body-really-hates-you reactions.
Chemo at Loudoun is not so bad. Buncha fun nurses there. (And it's gotta be fun) Made this experience much more tolerable. My awesome husband went with me and even though it was a 7 hour day we had a good time....(it's been said that we can have fun at a funeral so what's chemo?) I beat him in scrabble and then we read and picked on each other and the nurses.
Bright spot of the day.....1st session is OVER!! By my calculations I'll be done chemo February 22ish :-))))))))
Chemo at Loudoun is not so bad. Buncha fun nurses there. (And it's gotta be fun) Made this experience much more tolerable. My awesome husband went with me and even though it was a 7 hour day we had a good time....(it's been said that we can have fun at a funeral so what's chemo?) I beat him in scrabble and then we read and picked on each other and the nurses.
Bright spot of the day.....1st session is OVER!! By my calculations I'll be done chemo February 22ish :-))))))))
Thursday, November 4, 2010
sleepy thursday
A rainy rainy day....Had 5 good hours of work today but not much sleep last night. Two hours does not constitute a full night of rest.
The mediport is in place and ready for the fun and games to begin. It's still a little tender to brush against but the worst part was the wicked neck/headache I had for 6 days. You know when they tell you "oh you won't even know it's there!!" and it keeps you from sleeping and back on percocet for 5 days---let's just say I was VERY aware of it! Anyway, the headache is completely gone today and the neck pain is only there when I lay down but it's also subsiding. Still just very tired and usually a little uncomfortable but relatively painfree.
Bright spot of the day......spent the morning (while working) with my sweetie and less than a week till I'm cleared for a light workout! I know it's also less than a week till I start chemo and probably won't feel like working out but the fact that I'm allowed and able is good enough for me :-)
The mediport is in place and ready for the fun and games to begin. It's still a little tender to brush against but the worst part was the wicked neck/headache I had for 6 days. You know when they tell you "oh you won't even know it's there!!" and it keeps you from sleeping and back on percocet for 5 days---let's just say I was VERY aware of it! Anyway, the headache is completely gone today and the neck pain is only there when I lay down but it's also subsiding. Still just very tired and usually a little uncomfortable but relatively painfree.
Bright spot of the day......spent the morning (while working) with my sweetie and less than a week till I'm cleared for a light workout! I know it's also less than a week till I start chemo and probably won't feel like working out but the fact that I'm allowed and able is good enough for me :-)
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