Saturday, May 10, 2014

Episode 19: Early in Cycle 2

Hello Everyone,

Just checking in. Thanks for the continued reading. I'm about a week and a half into Cycle 2. They changed my medications (not the chemo, just the symptom management) so that the nausea has been bear-able until, that is, I thought I was doing so much better that I skipped a couple of days of pills. That was a mistake. "Hello, emergency room nurse at 4 in the morning via telephone. What do I do now? The pills won't stay down!" I even threw up while I was on the telephone. Not cool. But don't feel sorry for me. This is what happens to people who don't follow instructions. So lesson learned, I'm not skipping my pills. Today was amazing, amazingly good. I was up at 8 AM, drove my daughter to work, went back for a very brief nap, got up at 9 AM and have been busy all day. It's now 9:30 PM and I have gotten so much done today. I haven't been winded or nauseous or anything bad. Go, me!

BTW, I hope nobody is taking it personally if I don't answer messages. Like I said earlier, phones wear me out and days like today are few and far between. If you've been kind enough to think of me and message, please be patient, I'm doing my best to keep the communication lines open.

Oh! Happy Mother's Day, Mom!!!!

Blessings, Everyone.