I woke this morning
with no headache
and no numbness
Yay.
Though my brain feels “sore”
My muscles and joints
don’t hurt as bad
nor does my breast
though there is still pain there.
still…
I am working on my eBay today…
Tag: headache
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Lessening
Tags: aches and pains, breast pain, eBay, headache
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Side Effects?
I woke this morning
with numbness of
my chest
and left arm
and a headache
that has not diminished
all day
despite Tylenol
and then
meds
heavy meds
I have taken
I did some labor intensive work
around the house this morning
and the numbness left
but the headache has not
The headache increased to
near debilitating
my head
as though
in a vise
my eyes
difficult to focus
I have spent the afternoon
and into this evening
laying down
medicated
Though these are not the usual side effects
I’ve had from the Zometa infusion –
the flu-like aches -
they are listed as possible common side effects, so
I am hoping these are
side effects of Zometa
and not
something else….
Tags: chest pain, headache, numbness
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Heady Presumptions
The prescription for steriods is long completed, but I’m still having some soreness in my lymph nodes under my neck and the headaches are coming and going. Yes – headaches are side effects of several of the meds that I am taking, but it just seems that the headaches have increased lately. More in number and more severe in pain.
It’s scary.
I’m scared.
My head hurts
I have a PET scan coming up tomorrow, so – depending on the results – might discuss having a head/brain scan run in the near future. I realize that the cancer spreads in an “anticipated path” – bones, liver, then to brain. Hopefully the PET will show that my liver is still clear, so we can Presume that my brain is clear.
Presume…
What a brave word
to Presume.
Almost like Faith.
Presuming Faith.
My head hurts.
Tags: headache
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Chemo Today
It’s 6:28am.
I should be in bed, still sleeping.
Chemo Today…
What a hard week it’s been, and now, chemo.
Again.
Since I don’t get paid if I don’t work, I scheduled my chemo treatments for Thursdays. Then I get my Neulasta shot on Friday – the Clinic is closed on weekends. So I only loose 2 days of work, 2 days of pay, 2 days of resources to keep me going.
I’m down for at least 2 days, in bed or dragging around like a limp rag, fight nausea and dizziness and headache and crazy heart reactions and general effects from being poisoned. I hate it. This Is So Barbaric.
This treatment is infusion #4 of Round 1 (aka Phase 1), supposedly the last infusions of the Adriamycin and Cytoxan (aka A/C) combo. If I decide to continue on this chemo path, in 2 more weeks I’ll move on to the “harder” infusion, the Taxol in Round 2. I’ll need steroids for that Round… Steroids.
Oh, WHAT is being done to my body? How did it Get To This??
My appointment today is for 10:30am, had my alarm set for 8:00am. But the Pups woke me up barking about 6:00am… Good Pups, just doing their jobs. It was the UPS, delivering my pre- and post-treatment meds of Emend, the anti-nausea meds.
I was supposed to get them yesterday, but the Doctor had not authorized refills for the remaining infusions, so we had to call in and get that approved. WTH?
Yes, partly my fault, since I SHOULD have called in on last Friday, but with all this news, I just forgot.. I called them in on Tuesday, and talked with the ACT Rep, who said she would overnight them as soon as she got the info from the Dr.
So, I get them this morning. A little after 6:00am.
Loosing precious sleep.
Once the chemo hits, I’ll be back in bed anyway…
Gaining poisoned sleep.
Tags: Adriamycin, Chemo Phase 1, Cytoxan, dizziness, Emend, headache, heart, nausea, Neulasta, Pups, Taxol
