But I’m going to try anyway.
Last Monday, I started feeling really flushed and bloated after all of my tube feedings. On Tuesday (chemo day), I cut back on my morning feeding. As soon as I got the feeding through the tube, I began vomiting. Continue reading »
Because of the location of my tumor, my surgeon was unable to do my feeding tube surgery laparascopically, so I woke up on Tuesday afternoon in a lot of pain. Continue reading »
I’ve spent the last week working with the radiation oncologists to try to control the pain from the radiation therapy. They started out giving me Tylenol 3. That did next to nothing to ease my pain, so I added in some ibuprofen. Continue reading »
The pain from the radiation therapy has left me unable to sleep at night and the narcotics (which aren’t really helping much) are making my head fuzzy, so I finally had to admit that I can’t continue to work right now. Continue reading »
My throat is on fire! Even ice water burns going down. And I can’t even think about taking a bite of solid food. The last few days have been rough. Continue reading »
Round two of chemo started today (four more to go after this round). Today was my long day because they had to give me lots of fluids and two separate meds (Cisplatin and Etoposide). Continue reading »
This was supposed to be another good week (round two of chemo is next week), but it hasn’t been great so far.
My headaches have returned. Continue reading »
I feel pretty good for someone who has cancer. The fog has lifted from my brain so I can actually work without second guessing myself. Continue reading »
My oncologist told me I would begin to lose my hair in about three weeks. It’s already been a week, so I figured it was time to get it cut. Continue reading »
Ever since I woke up this morning, my eyes have been flying at half mast. I didn’t sleep well last night, mostly because I was having endless dreams about medical tests, procedures, and diagnoses, and I spent the entire night trying to put the various pieces of the puzzle together in my mind to no avail. Continue reading »