Well, ever since the first chemo on Monday July 11, things have not gone well at all. Just got out of the hospital today. Hope to explain more in time but to sum it up.....white blood counts went very dangerously low, so low that my red were at the point to start acting up in their own little mission which would have been disaster. An infection started through my body....actually started in my teeth and jaw and then spread into my neck, and glands causing my neck to swell up like mumps, making swolling very difficult. It also started going up the right side of my head. With the infection, I was running a fever that was picking up speed. To top it off the pain was excruciating....that will be number 11 on that board of 1 to 10. No that is quite allright.....I can claw the number onto the board myself so you can see it. This all climaxed in a trip to the emergency room as by this time I could no longer walk on my own and talking was getting incredibly difficult. They didn't let me go home....they admitted me to a special care unit and I got to be in isolation. I didn't mind. In fact, I can't really tell you a whole lot about that first 24 hours besides they were horrible.
Other than that things have been peachy keen! :>)
2 comments:
Mary,
I blog jumped here from Glorimar's blog on MSN Spaces. You are strong and you ARE a survivor. You became a survivor the day you received your diagnosis.
Chemo is tough stuff. Make sure you get plenty of rest. I know it's probably tough to eat, but please eat healthy stuff - small meals - but any food is better than no food!!
If you can get a little bit of exercise - walking is good - it will help get you through the treatments. Exhaustion is often a problem but you will be able to sleep better and you will feel better, less tired, stronger, if you are able to do light to moderate exercise of any kind.
Sending healing vibes and lots of good thoughts.
Livestrong!
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Mary -
Sorry to hear that chemo was such hell for you. Listen to your body -- rest, heal, recover -- you will get through this and now that they know how you react to the chemo, they can adjust and hopefully prevent these side efforts in the future. Just take it slow and do whatever you can do. Always sending good thoguhts.
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