It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog entry. The main reason for the absence has been due
to my health. The secondary reason is
that I dislike posting anything negative.
I made it through 5 and a half weeks intensive chemotherapy
with few side effects other than nausea and cramps, and considered myself very
lucky. The radiation also caused a lot
of pain that accumulated over that time, but all these things were manageable
with my prescriptions.
Then, about 2 weeks ago, just after my last chemo treatment
the side-effects hit me like a truck. I
can see now why they scheduled so much time between chemo and surgery. I can only hope the radiation and chemo have
done as much harm to the cancer as I feel they've done to me. I find it odd how well I made it through the
all of the chemotherapy with so few reactions, then KABAM it all hits me
afterwards.
The last week has been pretty bad. I slept a lot. I was unable to eat anything without becoming
violently ill. And my brain has been too
fuzzy to focus much on anything. Driving
has been out of the question, and if not for the help of a couple of friends I
might have just faded away.
The last few days have been a little better. I managed to eat a little yesterday and
today: a total of three bananas and a sandwich.
It's the first food in almost a week other than fruit juice and pudding
I've been able to keep down. The nausea
seems to be fading a little as well as the pain in my throat. Fingers crossed it keeps getting better.
