Im sorry I didnt get to blog yesterday! I was too tired and I have been in constant, inexplicable pain. Where to start...
My bones are sore. Super sore! Like I have been pumping weights since I was 16 kinda sore. My back hurts like I have been doing the limbo. Like I am in knots and I need a great masseuse to unkink me out of my pretzel-like body. With that said, the worse comes at night when I am trying to find a good place on the bed to sleep. Everywhere I lay, it hurts. My bones and the mattress are not happy with each other and I find myself always tossing and turning. I am sleepless and I dont know what to do! :(
I had a bit of a temperature last night - 99º. I was told that if it was to reach 100.1º then I needed to go to the emergency room. It was weird because I didn't feel like I had a fever. It has been 98.6º today. I dont know what to do - I cant find a decent place where I am in room temperature. I am mostly hot. (I am normally always cold)
My ear also feels infected. I havent thrown up, which is good. One of my awesome coworkers let me borrow her ReliefBand and I must say, it has been working like magic! When I feel nauseated, I turn it on and I feel tons better. I had it on all day yesterday :)
Foods that I can eat so far: wheat bread, chocolate muffin, soup (clam chowder, baked potato and chicken noodle), any chicken is DIVINE!, rice,
Foods that make me feel gross: anything tomato-based, anything garlic, anything greasy :(
I am also now dependent on those Mr. Icee Pops because the cure the mouth sores :) Motrin has been awesome for me (Im about to take it after I finish eating!) and the Neupogen injections suck big time.
Thank you to those who have been praying and sending me well messages - I really appreciate them! I can honestly say that going thru chemo is tough :( and somehow makes it real that cancer is some tough stuff... Ahhh... what I wouldn't give for a good orthopedic bed and a back massage...
Friday, June 19, 2009
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2 comments:
Good Luck with your chemo, I did the same one as you and still doing the herceptin til October. Can't wait for it to be over. Hang in there.
Shannon
Hey did anyone tell you about hot tub soaks for the aches? And L-Glutamine for tingling caused by Taxotere? And did anybody tell you that chemo can mess with your fertility? Here's some mouth rinses you can make at home.
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