This week has been sort of long and yet short. Monday was my second treatment. It went a lot better than the first one. They took a couple extra hours to get everything into me. Different anti-nausea meds, more saline, slower administration of the chemo drugs, and then I was outta there! I started to get foggy in the head but not really headachy this time. Thank goodness for that.
I was able to watch some Dead Like Me while sitting there. That was good, made the extra hours I was there go a bit faster. Mom came and had lunch with me, so that broke up the monotony too. I tried to read a bit, and draw but ended up just watching the DVDs I brought. But that is why I brought them, didn't know what I was going to feel like doing while there, but at least I was prepared.
Tuesday was not too bad, tired but otherwise not feeling too terrible. Wednesday was the first day I really felt tired but nothing else too bad. The head was a little woozy but otherwise good. Thursday was a whole new day, I felt drunk and hungover again, really tired. I have also been cold a lot, but I don't have an infection or fever to worry about, I think it is just missing my hair. LOL I still am not Kojack, but close. Really debating about shaving what's left with my razor and getting rid of the stubble. But that is a job I will need help with since I don't have the energy, the manual dexterity from surgery side effects and I don't have eyes in the back of my head (for that I am VERY thankful, what a sight that would be huh? LOL).
Today is Friday and I am still really tired and woozy in the head, but not as bad as yesterday. I went over to my Mom's to visit since my sis from Edmonton is here for Easter, had lunch and supper and no nap. Now I am exhausted, but that is ok, it was good to get out of the house since I didn't go anywhere all week.
Tomorrow I will probably go to the mall and pick up the letter that has been waiting for me for a week. I have no idea what it is, but I guess I better find out ASAP in case its really important.
Alright, that is an update in a nutshell.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Not Kojack yet
Tuesday brought my hair really close to being thin enough to see my scalp so that evening I made an appointment to shave my head for Wednesday evening. I spent a good part of Tuesday stressing about that appointment. Worrying about it being too soon. But, I figured I should wait until my shower Wed morning and see what my hair is like then.
I waited. And after my shower in the morning my hair was noticeably thinner. I thought I had flat hair before! And I could see the part in my hair across the room in the mirror 18 ft away. Wow. So, I called my best friend and had her come with me so I had some support, just in case I was a blubbering mess. LOL Luckily I wasn't. So after we went to Dairy Queen and had some ice cream. My mom and sister Jen joined us. We chatted and visited and then we went home. And just in case you were wondering, I had a head scarf on my head. I may have shaved my head, but I still had a buzz cut, I am not a butch! LOL
Every morning I have just a bit less hair than I did the day before. But there is still a lot of it left. It would look so bad if I hadn't buzzed the hair off, I would like for it to all go already, so I can quit worrying about hair all over the place. :D
Last week I met with my surgeon for follow up on my surgery. He is happy with the healing and won't need to see me unless the other doctors send me back to him in the future. :D Also, had my blood work done for my next treatment (on Monday the 2nd), met with my oncologist and found out that what I experienced 3 weeks ago really took a toll on me. My white counts are a bit lower than they like, and they said I had a hard time with the chemo, that it hit me hard. Wow, and I thought that was a mild reaction (as much as it obviously sucked), so I am not wanting to know what a really hard time is like. I really didn't think it was THAT bad, but it wasn't a picnic either. So I guess my expectations made it easier to handle the rough time I had?? LOL They are altering my treatment but increasing the anti-emetics and slowing the administration of the chemo drugs. Hopefully this way I won't be nauseated or drunk/hungover. But that means I will probably be in the clinic for around 5 hours instead of 3, oh well, I am taking lots of things to amuse me.
Now for some better news.
I went to Lethbridge yesterday with my dad and met my aunt for lunch. We had lunch at a nice little cafe downtown called Mocha Cabana. After our visit we went and checked out her new SUV, a Toyota FJ Cruiser. Very nice, I liked it a lot. Anyhow, my aunt gave me a gift to help me through my treatments, and it made me laugh with joy. She gave me art supplies! I told her it was funny because I just started drawing again about a week or so ago. So I am set, have lots to keep me in the sketching business for a long while. Add to that the books my sister sent me, I have many things to keep me occupied when I can't sit at the computer. LOL
Alrighty, now I have to go make some lunch for tomorrow and change the sheets on my bed before I go to sleep tonight. The chores never end!
I waited. And after my shower in the morning my hair was noticeably thinner. I thought I had flat hair before! And I could see the part in my hair across the room in the mirror 18 ft away. Wow. So, I called my best friend and had her come with me so I had some support, just in case I was a blubbering mess. LOL Luckily I wasn't. So after we went to Dairy Queen and had some ice cream. My mom and sister Jen joined us. We chatted and visited and then we went home. And just in case you were wondering, I had a head scarf on my head. I may have shaved my head, but I still had a buzz cut, I am not a butch! LOL
Every morning I have just a bit less hair than I did the day before. But there is still a lot of it left. It would look so bad if I hadn't buzzed the hair off, I would like for it to all go already, so I can quit worrying about hair all over the place. :D
Last week I met with my surgeon for follow up on my surgery. He is happy with the healing and won't need to see me unless the other doctors send me back to him in the future. :D Also, had my blood work done for my next treatment (on Monday the 2nd), met with my oncologist and found out that what I experienced 3 weeks ago really took a toll on me. My white counts are a bit lower than they like, and they said I had a hard time with the chemo, that it hit me hard. Wow, and I thought that was a mild reaction (as much as it obviously sucked), so I am not wanting to know what a really hard time is like. I really didn't think it was THAT bad, but it wasn't a picnic either. So I guess my expectations made it easier to handle the rough time I had?? LOL They are altering my treatment but increasing the anti-emetics and slowing the administration of the chemo drugs. Hopefully this way I won't be nauseated or drunk/hungover. But that means I will probably be in the clinic for around 5 hours instead of 3, oh well, I am taking lots of things to amuse me.
Now for some better news.
I went to Lethbridge yesterday with my dad and met my aunt for lunch. We had lunch at a nice little cafe downtown called Mocha Cabana. After our visit we went and checked out her new SUV, a Toyota FJ Cruiser. Very nice, I liked it a lot. Anyhow, my aunt gave me a gift to help me through my treatments, and it made me laugh with joy. She gave me art supplies! I told her it was funny because I just started drawing again about a week or so ago. So I am set, have lots to keep me in the sketching business for a long while. Add to that the books my sister sent me, I have many things to keep me occupied when I can't sit at the computer. LOL
Alrighty, now I have to go make some lunch for tomorrow and change the sheets on my bed before I go to sleep tonight. The chores never end!
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