Feeling Less Than Optimal (but still an improvement over the previous week)

The last seven to ten days have been a struggle. I've been having trouble with nausea from chemo. Just when I started to feel better, I had to have chemo again (yesterday). This was the shorter one, and they gave me a stronger anti-nausea drug prior to the Gemzar. I've also altered the anti-nausea drugs I'm taking at home. So although I’m feeling less than optimal, I'm still feeling better than I have.

I continue to experience flu-like symptoms such as muscle aches and extreme tiredness. I had a day or two reprieve from that earlier in the week, but today, I took a three hour nap (this after sleeping from about 10 last night to 9 this morning).

I have to admit, I’ve been a bit down emotionally, with the nausea and tiredness and all. I was really down on Wednesday, because I knew I had chemo on Thursday, and I was just starting to feel better physically. My mood is better today, mostly because the nausea is better under control. And I’m trying to keep in my mind that next week is my week off from chemo, so I’ll be able to enjoy some days when I feel pretty good