Wednesday, August 01, 2007

More than you want to know about post-chemo symptoms

The following was originally written on Monday, July 30, 2007.

It has been a rough week. I started out feeling weak and achy from chemo. I finally started to feel a bit better, and of course, it was time for more chemo.

This last treatment was just the Gemzar. By itself, Gemzar does not usually cause nausea, but tell that to my stomach.

TMI WARNING: avert your eyes if you don’t want to read about the details of a cancer-patient’s life.

On Thursday evening, after treatment that afternoon, I vomited. Never before has chemo made me do that. It was awful, like one of my worst fears coming true. I was so afraid that once I started, I wouldn’t be able to stop. Fortunately, more Compazine did bring relief. Nevertheless, it was one of the most frightening times of my chemo career.

As you might expect, my diet has been extremely limited since Thursday. The first two days I stuck with chicken soup, Gatorade, popsicles, and water.

Oh yeah, and in the middle of all this, some uncomfortable symptoms led me to believe that I might have a UTI. So I had to make yet another trek to Fairview to give a urine sample. Turns out I have a bladder infection.

So it has been just a barrel of fun here.

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