Tolerance

The oncologist said I should tolerate this chemotherapy pretty well.

I did okay on Friday, after receiving the first treatment.  

We went and took a walk at a park right after, because I had been sitting for 3 hours and was antsy, and it was a gorgeous day (not to mention, I had been so sick the day before from the allergy to the Lexapro, and had spent most of that day lying around, too).

Then we went for a sandwich for lunch, and I ate almost all of it.  That was the most I had been able to eat in days.

Then home.  

I started guzzling water (oncology nurse had instructed me to drink lots of fluids to flush everything out), and Dave went out and got the grocery shopping done.  

That evening, we went out for Viet Namese soup for dinner.  I wanted comfort and nourishment.

Again, my appetite was not too shabby.  I had been so nauseous the day before, and still wasn't really able to eat a lot at one sitting.  But I brought my left overs home.

That night, I noticed that my skin...all of my skin, everywhere on my body- the backs of my hands, and my legs- was ghostly pale.  Weirdly white.

Stayed up as late as I could, drinking water, and took an anti nausea pill per the chemotherapy nurse's recommendation.  He said he always tells his patients to just take one before bed to be sure.

But then I could not sleep, even though I was so very tired from the stress.  

I was feeling weird in my body, understandably, and because of all of the water, and my body expelling the drugs, I had to pee every 10 to 20 minutes.  Literally.

Until 3 am.   Up and down, up and down, toss and turn, up and down.  It was awful.

I finally did get a little sleep, but woke with body aches from the lack of rest, and feeling pretty crappy at first.  

It passed, though, and I got in the shower and put on some clothes.  I was able to eat breakfast with Dave.

I took another anti nausea pill, too, (they last 8 hours) because I was nervous about what might happen if I didn't, but I let it wear off, and never had any nausea.

The only really notable side effect I had on day 2 was the runs.  This was listed in the hand outs I received.  I also still felt weird in my body, and achy, much of the day.

Dave picked me up a product recommended in the hand outs, and by evening, the runs were gone.

Got some stuff done around the house, including laundry, and a little bit of cleaning, and preparing space for an incoming overnight guest.  Ate my left over soup while Dave was out doing a couple of errands.

All in all, I didn't feel all that bad, except when the waves of runs would come, and the body pain.  I think, MOSTLY, I was just exhausted. 

Then, by 8 last night, I was so tired that I went to bed, even though we were expecting that overnight guest.  Our guest arrived at about 10:15, I got up and said hello, and went back to bed... LOL....

She and Dave enjoyed the hot tub without me, and we all slept until a little after 7 I think.

I slept MUCH better last night, with no more bouts of runs in the night, and the body aches almost completely went away, thanks to finally being able to rest.

We had a nice visit this morning over coffee and yogurt, but I noticed that I felt kind of weird again.  Maybe it's like morning sickness??

This morning I had the runs again, but not nearly as badly (didn't last as long) as yesterday, and have  been fine the rest of the day.  Our guest was gone by 10, and Dave went down to visit his dad.

He brought home a "take and bake" pizza, and I ate two pieces for lunch!!

We went out and took a walk in the sun (it was 70 today).  I did a little bit of stretching/yoga after because the walk made me sore and stiff, after so much sedentary time.

I did more laundry, cooked two meals (soup for the freezer, and pork loin and rice for dinner), did some yard work (nothing strenuous, just clipping back the rose bush and the ornamental grasses that never got cut due to things not being "normal" this December).  Did some reading, and took a nap.

I feel almost normal this evening.  

I'd call that a win.

However, I am very thankful that tomorrow is a holiday for my office, so I have one more day to see how things are going to go.