I skipped the 6th and with good cause, chemo finally hit home. I skipped going with Denise to get her oil changed but was pretty adamant about going to Yoder's Market. Misty was waiting here when we got back, it has been a while since I saw her. I think it was good that she saw that I wasn't like the others that have had cancer in the family. I felt good while Misty visited.
As the day went on I began to get sick, chemotype sick. I had fever after fever and was soaked in a cold sweat in between. I slept on and off waking only long enough to go to the bathroom. Denise had ordered me a Wedge Pillow and that made being in bed one hundred times easier and a lot more comfortable. I went through it all, diarrhea, fever, sweats, and almost threw up... almost. Denise has taken extremely good care of me.
I slept until today about 10:40am. The chemo has taken its effects now, Dr. Pepper tastes funny. Some things I like do not taste good and some things I don't like I do now. My mouth is numb which is a weird feeling, reminding me of the past. All this sounds bad and yet the bight spot is that for the first time, wearing oxygen, my o2 stats get as high as 97%!!!
So tomorrow we will celebrate my birthday not a few days before like we'd planned but on the actual day. I will have made it to 59, something that seemed too far away to experience.
Having chemo on Wednesday seemed strange at first but upon seeing how things seem to work with this chemo I believe it is best. I have pills to take for the first two days out of chemo and perhaps that is why the first two days aren't like the first two days of the Throat cancer chemo. That makes the prolonged effects hit on the weekend, and that is when I have Denise here to help and watch over me.
As the day went on I began to get sick, chemotype sick. I had fever after fever and was soaked in a cold sweat in between. I slept on and off waking only long enough to go to the bathroom. Denise had ordered me a Wedge Pillow and that made being in bed one hundred times easier and a lot more comfortable. I went through it all, diarrhea, fever, sweats, and almost threw up... almost. Denise has taken extremely good care of me.
I slept until today about 10:40am. The chemo has taken its effects now, Dr. Pepper tastes funny. Some things I like do not taste good and some things I don't like I do now. My mouth is numb which is a weird feeling, reminding me of the past. All this sounds bad and yet the bight spot is that for the first time, wearing oxygen, my o2 stats get as high as 97%!!!
So tomorrow we will celebrate my birthday not a few days before like we'd planned but on the actual day. I will have made it to 59, something that seemed too far away to experience.
Having chemo on Wednesday seemed strange at first but upon seeing how things seem to work with this chemo I believe it is best. I have pills to take for the first two days out of chemo and perhaps that is why the first two days aren't like the first two days of the Throat cancer chemo. That makes the prolonged effects hit on the weekend, and that is when I have Denise here to help and watch over me.
