(originally written on Thursday Nov. 1)
Alright, we made it to the big drugs today. So far, no nausea, hooray!!! Although that could be some early celebration as they piped some potent anti nausea in me before the meds. Another good thing, my 10 hour day turned out to only be 7 hours thanks to the dual port. They were able to pump two things at a time so we got out of there much earlier. All in all, I am definitely feeling slow and fatigued. The eyelids are heavy and its a good thing I can touch type (this little transformer device is working great). Mom sat with me through the morning but then Richard took over in the afternoon, it was good to change things up a bit. I also got presented a most awesome quilt made by my Aunt Chelle with squares filled of family photos outlined in Batman style "Smash" "Pow" "Kick" style pattern. Pretty sure it gives me special healing powers during the chemo :)
Alright, we made it to the big drugs today. So far, no nausea, hooray!!! Although that could be some early celebration as they piped some potent anti nausea in me before the meds. Another good thing, my 10 hour day turned out to only be 7 hours thanks to the dual port. They were able to pump two things at a time so we got out of there much earlier. All in all, I am definitely feeling slow and fatigued. The eyelids are heavy and its a good thing I can touch type (this little transformer device is working great). Mom sat with me through the morning but then Richard took over in the afternoon, it was good to change things up a bit. I also got presented a most awesome quilt made by my Aunt Chelle with squares filled of family photos outlined in Batman style "Smash" "Pow" "Kick" style pattern. Pretty sure it gives me special healing powers during the chemo :)
They sent me home with my ports de-accessed (no longer had a needle and tube on the outside) so I finally got to see the scar and bulge. Decent sized 2" scar just below the collarbone. There are two prominent bumps and I can feel the line that goes up and over the collarbone. Kinda weird but I'll get used to it. Glad that they will leave them alone for 12 days as they are pretty tender.
Hope the next few days will be similarly manageable. I get a shot tomorrow to promote bone marrow growth to keep my white blood cell from dropping too hard but that's it on the agenda. Short day tomorrow :)
Thanks for the messages, so far I've been able to keep up with just about everyone's questions and it is always great to get updates from my readers :)
Jokes and pictures are especially appreciated.
Aunt Chelle totally rocks! I'm pretty sure that quilt gives you super-powers, too!
ReplyDeleteThat is the most awesome quilt ever! Lorena would love it. And don't worry about the scar, chicks dig scars, or so I've been told :)
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