It has been a week!

I had treatment this past Monday and boy did I feel it all week. I suppose if there is a fun part to all of this, well fun may be too strong a word. How about I say and interesting part, I have a little mystery on my hands and I have the pleasure of trying to figure it all out, I love a challenge....Why did I feel so crappy this week as opposed to others and is there anything I can do about it? So I am going to do the CSI thing (Who Are You playing in the background) and try to figure out why? In a perfect world I could call on Nick Stokes (George Eads) to be my personal CSI investigator to help me solve this mystery but apparently this isn't a perfect world. I am on my own with this one!

They say as treatment goes on I have more drugs in my system and the side affects get worse. This is a logical explanation but one would think as time goes on they would get gradually worse and not dramatically worse after another treatment.

My main complaint is that my blood sugar is low and my metabolism is high during the first week after treatment. Not a good combination, does all the medicine I take to combat the side effects cause this reaction. During this time I need carbs to keep me from feeling the affects of low blood sugar. I guess that is all well and good but I haven't eaten carbs in almost 2 years and ingesting them now in such quantities is killing my stomach!

I also have had added stress with some changes at home to add to the equation, I haven't been sleeping well.

This is only a week of symptoms and I still work and exercise, I just don't like feeling like I am high all the time, I shouldn't complain but I do, I want to feel right. The strange part is that after a certain amount of days it is like a switch is flipped and I feel normal again just like that, more mystery!

So no closer to an answer, Nick Stokes where are you when I need you? I need these mysteries answered and I wouldn't mind a back rub either!!

Stand back and watch me shine!

Half Way Mark

I had treatment #3 of 6 today. I am officially 1/2 way done treatment. I felt very guilty today, it seemed that every other patient who came in had some problem, or side effect that had them having to either skip or alter their treatment. There I sit no real problems just chugging along. I can't help my heart going out to these people.

Today as I sat being infused, a 70 year old lady who was also getting treatment was telling dirty jokes to her cronies in the corner. This was my favorite:

A young woman was on her honeymoon and she was shocked to find that her new husband had a prosthetic foot. Upon returning home, her mother asked her how the honeymoon went. The girl said I was very surprised to find my husband only had one foot. Her mother said, "You should be grateful, you're father only has 6 inches"!!!

I supposed hearing it out of the mouth of a senior citizen made it all the more funny!

All in all a good treatment.

Stand back and watch me Shine!

Getting Better All The Time

Blood work today, sat in the waiting room for 40 minutes to have a 10 minute blood draw. I don't think I will ever get used to that. Hurry up and wait is the least logical thing that is expected of me and it is one thing I won't miss when I am done.

My blood work was very good. I am a very good patient in that respect. My numbers were better this time then they were at this point in my last cycle (and those were pretty damn good if I say so myself).

I still find myself waiting for the other shoe to drop as far as treatment is concerned. Waiting for some huge complication to set in. I did this when I was in labor having my first child. I remember thinking when is this going to get so bad that I will start moaning and screaming like the lady in the labor room next to mine, when will this horrible pain set in. It did finally set in but not until he turned 2!!!! I think I am going to be just fine.

Stand back and watch me shine!

Peanut Butter and Chocolate, two great tastes together

Went in for my usual blood work today and my numbers were good. My WBC count was 3.1 and the low end of normal is 3.5, close enough for me. At this point during my first cycle it was at 2.5! Progress!

I was going to call the title of this post Cipro Be Gone but I thought the Peanut Butter and Chocolate would grab and hold everyone's attention better. The doctor took one look at me and my sunburn like rash from head to toe and decided I could go on something less potent. For christ sake they treat Anthrax with Cipro! They are giving an antibiotic that strong to someone who hasn't been on an antibiotic in 17 years, what the hell did they expect?? So I am now on Bactrim, hopefully I will tolerate it better.

I feel great, just like I did on this day in my last cycle, I see a pattern forming, they told me I would. This also works for me!

As for the Peanut Butter and Chocolate, well I totally cheated today and indulged in a Reese Cup! Do you have any idea how long is has been since I had one of those? I am not saying I don't cheat on my diet I do but I normally stray with a Milky Way and not too often, my goodness that tasted good!

Stand back and watch me shine!

Limitations

Guess what????? I am not Wonder Woman, I have the thigh high boots, I have the cape, I even have an invisible airplane parked in my garage! Not that any of that matters, I am not Wonder Woman! Someone please tell me what to do with this metallic bra now!!! I finally felt the limitations chemotherapy has put on me and now I have to be aware of the things I do. Let me explain. It is no secret that most of the United States was in the grip of a heat wave this past week, well I just treated it like any other heat wave in the past and worked through it like everyone else! Real smooth Meg, I paid the price trust me. By the time I got home from work on Friday, I was dehydrated, had a low grade fever and basically felt like shit! I had plans to try and get some stuff done around my house with the help from a friend and she ended up doing all the work, she is an angel! I hate the fact that this medicine that will cure me has to kick my butt to do so!

I kept myself very hydrated today and pressed through work anyway and I feel better!

Lesson learned!

Stand back and watch me shine!