And its about time. This round of chemotherapy was by far a harder trial than last month.
The Dr.s gave me a new med this round, which gave me terrible gas, bloating and stomach upset. On top of the already deadly chemo.
The chemotherapy drugs made me so out of it I was having a hard time with just the basics of life. Seriously.
I ended up calling the BC Cancer Agency for help twice this month. I thought that I was constipated with the new meds, I was so dehydrated during Max's grad I realized that my teeth were sticking to the inside of my cheek--so I knew that if I were in a state--it was my own fault.
When I called the BCCA they said, are you eating, I said of course! They said are you drinking? I said, yes! Which was only partly true--I knew I wasn't drinking enough. I am finding that if I don't drink between 2-3L of water a day (or herbal tea) I can't sleep at night for how dry I am feeling.
They said, take Senakot, which I had been for the past 2 days, so they added Milk of Magnesium, but nothing was happening.
Suddenly, I realized that I actually wasn't eating....although I thought I was, but it was mostly liquids, broths and such....my fogginess was so severe that I would go to the kitchen to eat, be distracted by the drinking part and I would leave with tea, but nothing else.
I would eat little at dinner, but not enough to sustain me--so after 7 days of this, and about 6 pounds of weight loss--I woke at 2.30 am and thought: I AM HUNGRY!
I got up and had a bowl of cereal.
Once I had some food in me, I had just so much clarity and energy.
I have now implemented a food/drink diary. Along with my medication schedule--I am going to get the hang of all this just in time for it all to be over. Yeeesh.
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