Chemo session # 6-We are half-way through!!!

It really has kinda gone fast..I can't believe that I am now half-way through but so glad that I am!!

This chemo treatment went ok. I saw both doctors and they told me that we are gonna do my scans on June 22nd right before I go in for the next chemo treatment. They handed me a bottle of that horrible barium drink to drink the night before and then I will have to drink one in the lab. I am not thrilled about this because it made me really sick when I did that the last time and I wasn't even on chemo so I can't imagine how it will be. But God will see me through it!!

The chemo room was so busy that every chair was full so I had to be put in the room where you have no privacy for a few minutes and then they moved me back in the chemo room but I still didn't have privacy except for a little screen they put beside me.

The volunteer came around to give me my lunch paper to fill out and I told her I would not be eating today. The thoughts of eating there makes me so sick and even typing this brings up images of the food and makes me ill!! I did get some apple juice and sipped that.

They gave me my premeds and I started to feel sleepy so I fell asleep. It was cold in the room for once instead of hot so they brought me a warmed blanket and I snuggled down and just slept. I slept through my first three chemo drugs and woke up around the time for my last drip.

I was feeling pretty nauseated but was so glad I had not eaten. My stomach felt crampy and I just felt kinda out of it like I could sleep some more but yet restless at the same time!!

Oh, I forgot to mention...when they were putting my needle in my port, it slipped and she had to move it. That did not feel good and it is still kinda sore today from that! They always try to pull blood back from the needle out of my port but it would not come this time for some reason, no matter how hard she tried. There were no leaks or anything though and the chemo drugs were going in fine so they weren't concerned.

I can tell now that each time I get chemo that it is setttling further into my system and making me feel worse and worse. I just get so weak and worn down and sick and I want to keep going and doing and try to but things just don't always go like I want and I have to rest. My husband gets on me all the time and says rest, rest..let me do this. I just am so used to keeping on going ..I need to learn to rest. I have to most of the time because my body won't let me do anything else!

I will try to do better about updating and plan on making a list of all symptoms that I have been experiencing too. I hope that this might help someone going through this someday!

Chemo # 5

I am so sorry that I am just now getting to write this! It has been a rough couple of weeks and so now I need to update on two chemo sessions.

This chemo was rough, to say the least! I went in and went through the usual talk with the doctor and we discussed that things were getting worse in the way of fatigue and weakness and sickness but we decided we are almost half-way there and will just keep plugging right along.

I went and picked out a chemo chair and they started my pre-meds. I now have Decradon, Zofran, Tylenol, Ativan, and Emend. Once these are all given, they push three of my chemo drugs and the last one is a drip that takes an hour. It usually takes about five hours for the whole process of blood work and seeing the doctor and then getting the chemo.

I was feeling nauseated but tried to order lunch again. I thought I would go safe and order some soup...this did not go well. Well, it went down good but then I started getting so nauseated. I would run to the bathroom and then just have dry heaves and could bring nothing up. I wished so badly that I could vomit because I would feel better but my stomach would just not bring anything up. This went on for two hours and was still like that when I got home. I started that night taking my new nausea med, Anzemet and with the Phenergan it seemed to help.

This is gonna be kinda of short since I now need to post about my latest chemo treatment from this Wednesday.