Today was the first day of chemo for 18 weeks. My sister came with me. Putting the IV in was the worst part. They gave me nausea medicine and an antihistamine before getting the Taxol medication because people can have a reaction to it. The only real thing that happened was that my hands got itchy and my face was flushed but it went away. The second medicine they gave me was Carboplatin. The minute it started going in, my mouth tasted like metal uggg...They say that food doesn't taste the same for some people so we'll see. I got sleepy while they were giving me the medicine. Later that night I started feeling a little queasy and maybe a little headache. I did feel like my allergies were acting up so I took an allergy pill. I don't know if it was from the chemo or my seasonal allergies. So far so good.Day 2 of chemo, Tuesday. really slept late this morning. My son Paul came in and woke me up, I looked at the clock and it was 10:15 am. I haven't slept in like that in a long time... I had more nausea today and a major headache! Chris came over to check on me that evening and that was the first time I really felt like throwing up. So I took some nausea meds and laid down, that seemed to do the trick. Night time maybe that will be my sick time. They say it follows with how you had morning sickness and for me it was night sickness with each of my boys. It was funny while Chris was here he reached over and pulled a piece of hair on my head and said is it coming out yet? Well it tugged and didn't come out so I guess not yet... Apparently my sweet daughter-in-law Courtney came by later (after hearing from Chris that I was really sick) to check on me. She said I was sawing logs. She covered me up and turned the lights off. I had no idea she had even been there, so glad I have family and friends watching out for me even when I'm not aware of it.
Day 3 of chemo, Wednesday. Mark gave me a hash-brown from McDonald's to eat - I took one bite and said yuck it tastes like metal. I started off taking an ibuprofen and a nausea pill to see if I could beat it. It seemed to work ok. Later I tried a bite of a doughnut and I spit it out because it tasted like perfume....
Day 4 of chemo, Thursday. A little nausea when I first get up and off and on throughout the day until evening...no headache really today, but worn out. I get waves of feeling sick, sweating, and feeling hot. Not sure if that's a hot flash. I am taking one class this semester with everything that is going on. I don't want to get behind and I want to finish nursing school! I met with the DRC (disability resource center) at the college and my professor both said they would help with whatever I needed but I had to get the Dr.'s note first. My first day of class was today. Physically I was worn out. I ran into a bunch of friends at school. It was so fun to see them for just a minute! When I talked with my Professor and told her about my cancer -chemo-etc. She made the comment that as the chemo levels build up I might be sicker...umm didn't realize that one. Well we'll see how it goes.
Day 5 after the chemo, Friday. Today wasn't bad , the nausea comes and goes. I have found that Honey
Nut Cheerios for what ever reason calms my nausea down. We went to the Ogden Temple Open house it poured on us big time! Then we got something to eat after I wasn't nauseated (probably from the cheerios he he he). My dinner tasted so good!Day 6 after chemo, Saturday. It was a good day. I didn't really get nauseated until later that evening. I went to my grand-daughters Pixie Hollow Fairy Birthday party. They are so dang cute!
Day 6 after chemo, Sunday. I went home between some of my church mtgs. to grab a snack, I was feeling a little nauseous. So I packed me a snack bag and brought a glass with my diet Dr. Pepper in it and then came back to church. Believe it or not I actually took it to church with me. Everyone was great about it though.
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