Saturday, December 13, 2014

Week 2 Phase I

This treatment went very well.  I tolerated all of the meds very well, but one of the things I've noticed is steroids give you an appetite like crazy and I pretty much ate so much I became a bit "stopped up" when we got home.  The nurses are all great, the facility is great.  The only problem I ran into was I got sweaty on the way home and when I got out of the car got chilled so bad I was shaking uncontrollably.  Luckily, my wife had a lot of blankets sitting on the steam register and she wrapped me up.  Took 2 hour bath, all problems resolved.  Nurse said I might feel a bit "wonky" and she's been right about everything so far.

Day 2
Steroids make me where I cannot sleep and have me pretty wired.  I think I have about experienced every possible side effect.  But the night of day 2 I only got 1 hour of sleep.

Day 3
Blood draw.  Really tired.  Managed to stay awake most of day dozing a few times.  Went to library and store to break up day.

Day 4
Rest day.  Wife and daughter off shopping so I'm catching up on 40 episodes of Naruto, my favorite Anime.

I feel pain on my left side which seems to correspond with other tumor necrosis sites I've had pain before.  More energy.  I think this stuff is really working.  Hoping I can be put up to max dose soon again, the more I get I think the better.

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