Battling on

 My new chemo pills arrived while we were traveling last weekend.  

Since we got home in the afternoon this past Monday, I waited until Tuesday morning to begin treatment.

So far, the only side effect is diarrhea.  Oh joy.  I will message my doctor's office tomorrow (Monday) and ask about that.  My previous doc said that sometimes these side effects are temporary.

When I got my blood work done last week ahead of my bone treatment, it was way off, too.... so the PA called, and I have given up my evening glasses of wine for now.

Speaking of the bone treatment, I really screwed up.  ALL of my infusion treatments at OU have been on Thursdays.  So, I had it firmly in my mind that my treatment was scheduled for last Thursday.

I didn't even LOOK at the DAY on the confirmation I filled out on line, or the text I got for a reminder.

My appointment was, apparently WEDNESDAY last week, so I completely missed it.

It's been re-scheduled for tomorrow, and I have go ahead of time to get my bloodwork re-done, too.  

That's probably a good thing, so we can see if anything has worsened after a week of this chemo.

Going forward, I will never, ever take for granted that OU does anything consistently when it comes to scheduling!

They've been known to change my appointments with imaging, or the doctor, and NOT notifying me, so... yeah.  I have to wonder if that happened this time.

Anyway, at least now, if they do that, I don't have to make arrangements at work to shift my time off requests!!

The other reason to contact my doctor's office tomorrow is that she had me start this chemo pill at a reduced dosage, but she didn't say for how long.  

Since tomorrow will be day 7, I will ask if she wants me to increase to the full dosage on Tuesday.

In other news, our annual cabin camping trip is this coming week!  I SO can't wait.  The weather forecast was initially pretty cold, which bothered me, since my bones hurt when I get cold, and the only chance for me to tend a fire is outside at this cabin, since they replaced the real fireplaces inside with fake electric inserts.

BUT, they are saying that it is now to be much warmer (50s), and I am very happy about this. Using the fire pit will be more comfortable.

We hope that there is no one there on Wednesday, as was the usual at our old spot, and that there are very few people there the rest of the time.

The menu is planned, and the groceries have been obtained.

All that remains is the packing and driving!  I just really hope that I don't have "tummy troubles" the whole time, so that we can't go hiking.

Today, I will be washing a load of bath towels, making chili, and working on my course.  I have a zoom every Sunday evening at 8 with others taking the course.

This afternoon, I am supposed to get together with a friend for a short visit.  She didn't feel up to it yesterday, so we moved it to today.

Wishing those readers who celebrate a very Happy Thanksgiving!