5/11/21 - Today is Tuesday.  

Chemo day.  It's amazing how it comes around every week to torment me.  13 weeks under my belt, 7 more weeks to go.  I hope that's all, anyway.  Then a couple weeks off and then 5 weeks of radiation.  I will go to radiation Monday thru Friday, so only weekends off.  Shoot, it's like I'll be back at (gasp) work.

I can't sugarcoat it... yesterday was horrid.  Stomach cramps, diarrhea, exhausted, etc.  The list goes on.  Monday's are usually my best days.  But not yesterday.  Totally sucked the big one.  I got ripped off!  Then had to go to chemo today.  My red count actually went up a tiny bit, which was delightful.   However, my white count took a nose dive.  That's poopy.  But, the counts were good enough to get a passing grade and I got my chemo.  I was in the treatment room for just under 3 hours today.  That's my shortest time yet.  Wasn't feeling so great, so rested while I could.  I'm losing my voice again.  Not sure why.  Of course, I'm not sure why all these side effects that aren't in the friggin' book have affected me, either.  So, if you speak to me on the phone - listen up.  I'm kinda quiet.

I broke out in lesions late this afternoon, so I'll watch them tonight and see if I have to start taking more meds.  I sure don't want to.  So far I only have a couple dozen, or so, and they're small.  Cross your fingers they stay that way.

I'm really tired, so am hoping I will sleep some tonight.  Last Tuesday I was up the entire night, so anything will be a blessing tonight.  It's midnight now, so we'll see.....

Now that I've lived through an actual plague, I totally understand why Italian renaissance paintings are full of naked, fat people laying on couches.

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