Well since I regard myself strong as a horse I was having high expectations of not having much side effects from chemo ( or was expecting that I would be able to control them). So the first chemo night was a humbling experience, I got quite ill and had to even call the doctor on call at 2 am ( who luckily was my doc ! ) cause I just not could keep anything down and was afraid of dehydrating and not being able to flush all the toxins out of my body. Luckily I had gone into the chemo totally hydrated.
They had not given me the max nausea medication probably because I did not get any morning sickness when I was pregnant and I usually do not have morning sickness either. They prescribed Emend which is supposed to be really good for the next chemo.
The next morning got a lot better even if not back to normal.
I had the bone marrow stimulator shot ( nuelesta) yesterday luckily I did not have the side effects from that one, which was said to be bone pain. I am supposed to get this after each chemo session, that is the requirement to do the dose dense treatment ( every 2 weeks instead of every 3 weeks).
Last night we had the book club meeting which everyone had generously agreed to switch to have at our house but I just could not give myself to the discussions, very weird feeling almost like being drunk.
Later at night felt very jittery and could not sleep at all paced in the house all night, I am not sure why this happened since I was expecting to be fatigued.
It is the 3rd day now and I can not even stand to look at food on tv commercials, basically living on tea, toast, feta cheese and some gatorade but it is getting better I started taking an antinausea medication proactively. Ferit took me out shortly for a change it feels good to go out in short outing. I have lost about 5 pounds in the last 3 days luckily I have some buffer there.
Tomorrow will try to go out on a short bike ride with Penny if I can sleep well tonight.
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