It was so weird to be way out of it all week. I’m still not feeling peachy keen, but at least I’m somewhat functional now, which is a big change from how things were. Being in the hospital most of the week wasn’t fun, and I’m still fighting with my bowels, which is less than [...]
For those who may have wondered where I’ve been, well, it’s been pretty simple. Monday night I ended up going to the ER. The day had been annoying plenty, due to having diarrhea, but it got distinctly worse because my INR level (measuring anticoagulants) was through the roof, meaning that I’d bleed and not stop. [...]
What a lousy combination! My immune system gets wiped out by the chemo, and then I can’t sleep properly due to the steroids. This has really taken a toll on trying to get anything done. It isn’t as though I don’t have enough going on anyway!
Last night I managed to sleep about 4 hours, and [...]
Yup. Still going through it. Today, tomorrow, and Friday left. Sounds like I’d be able to have a great weekend, right? Wrong! I start chemo on Friday. Yup. Chances are when the Zofran wears off, I’ll be sick as a dog.
Interesting weather to look forward to today. It’s relatively warm now, and the sun should [...]
*sigh*
I started radiation therapy this week. Today was day 3. I hate it. It’s really lousy. Even with my eyes closed I see a bright blue light during it, and it somewhat hurts when it hits my left side. And, joy of joys, it’s given me headaches. They prescribed Tylenol 3 for me, which is [...]
