Well, it's nice to be out of the doctor's office. This three-part chemo pretty much swallowed most of this week.
It's a little soon to tell (knock wood) but I'm hopeful this latest post-chemo med will make our weekend tolerable. Med number one was ineffective. Med number two was better but didn't completely help the nausea. The third time might be the charm. He still doesn't feel great--but he doesn't care. You know how you struggle against tummy upsets and dread what might happen? Well, remove the dread and you feel a whole lot better. And you get a great nap in the bargain!
Chemo part one went okay--just a bit stressful anticipating the possible reaction after last time. Chemo day two found him with a mild headache and feeling feverish. He didn't have a fever but he was definitely flushed. He was able to eat conservatively and drink fluids as needed both days.
But we're finding that twenty-four hours after the chemo ends, he really starts to feel lousy all over and then nausea starts. And this time I was driving as slowly to his appointment as I could, avoiding bumps, curves, fast starts, and quick brakes. I'm glad it wasn't my driving (somewhat less than smooth last time) that was at fault. I'd been feeling guilty for the past three weeks.
If you have to feel rotten, do it at the oncologist so he can write you a Rx on the spot and you can pick it up on the way home and start to feel better. Especially going into a weekend--yeah, there's someone on-call, but it involves a lot of phone calls and extra trips.
He did rebound after about ten days last time and has felt well since. The bloodwork shows that the shot to spur his bone marrow into overdrive so he has lots of white blood cells is working well. Let's hope that trend continues
I'm hoping he has the ability and desire to both eat and drink instead of lying down and dehydrating for the next four days. Dehydrating is for pears and apples, not geologists. I need neither grey hairs nor more worrylines--so far I'm smiling and I hope to stay that way while I watch over him.
And anything that makes you this sick must be attacking the lymphoma too! That would make the side effects worth the trouble.
It's a little soon to tell (knock wood) but I'm hopeful this latest post-chemo med will make our weekend tolerable. Med number one was ineffective. Med number two was better but didn't completely help the nausea. The third time might be the charm. He still doesn't feel great--but he doesn't care. You know how you struggle against tummy upsets and dread what might happen? Well, remove the dread and you feel a whole lot better. And you get a great nap in the bargain!
Chemo part one went okay--just a bit stressful anticipating the possible reaction after last time. Chemo day two found him with a mild headache and feeling feverish. He didn't have a fever but he was definitely flushed. He was able to eat conservatively and drink fluids as needed both days.
But we're finding that twenty-four hours after the chemo ends, he really starts to feel lousy all over and then nausea starts. And this time I was driving as slowly to his appointment as I could, avoiding bumps, curves, fast starts, and quick brakes. I'm glad it wasn't my driving (somewhat less than smooth last time) that was at fault. I'd been feeling guilty for the past three weeks.
If you have to feel rotten, do it at the oncologist so he can write you a Rx on the spot and you can pick it up on the way home and start to feel better. Especially going into a weekend--yeah, there's someone on-call, but it involves a lot of phone calls and extra trips.
He did rebound after about ten days last time and has felt well since. The bloodwork shows that the shot to spur his bone marrow into overdrive so he has lots of white blood cells is working well. Let's hope that trend continues
I'm hoping he has the ability and desire to both eat and drink instead of lying down and dehydrating for the next four days. Dehydrating is for pears and apples, not geologists. I need neither grey hairs nor more worrylines--so far I'm smiling and I hope to stay that way while I watch over him.
And anything that makes you this sick must be attacking the lymphoma too! That would make the side effects worth the trouble.
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