Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Tuesday started out on the nausea side of the boat for me and lasted a good chunk of the day. Tried a few different things and spoke with Phyllis who had us try a few more but all in all I felt crummy most of the day. Had to cancel RT because of it...didn't need to puke again. By the evening I was feeling a bit better and was able to eat well again. Thank god!

The folks made it back into town and came by for a visit last night. It's nice to have them back in town for awhile. I didn't visit too long as I was pretty tired and headed up to bed. Hopefully Wednesday can be a no gag day! Yea right!

Monday, February 26, 2007

Monday started out like a good day even though I had a trip to the dentists office. The morning went along well and I got my fluoride trays and instructions from the dentist. Went to RT for the afternoon and all started out well. Earl is down smaller than a pea at this point, a couple of sores in the mouth but all is looking fairly good. When I went to get my therapy is when things went south. If I haven't mentioned it, I have a bad gag reflex! Getting my bite block in cause me to gag but some of the contents of my stomach came halfway up into my throat. No fun. Had to have them sit me up for a couple of minutes to get composed again before we started again. Got things going and my treatment in but after I took the bite block out I lost it completely! Thankfully Todd had given me a barf bag! Once I got the stomach to settle down we thought that I was done it was just due to my gagging.

Got home and took a nap, woke up a couple of hours later and had some dinner. All was going good and I was almost done with my soup when, wham, the stomach flipped and I was off to the bathroom. For those who know me well puking is my least favorite thing to do in the world. Oh joy! There goes dinner! Thought I was done so back out to relax. About a half hour later whammy here we go again. Thankfully that was the last of it for the night.

We think it may have been the possibility of a couple things that caused it. I was attempting to cut back on the multitude of meds I am taking and get off of the anti-nausea meds. Maybe not a good idea! I do take an anti-nausea pill 1/2 hour before treatment because the Ethyel shot I get can cause nausea. It may be the lack of the base pill let the shot work it's side affect. Who knows. Or I may have gotten a bug going around. Go figure.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Sunday was my Erbitux "hangover" day, but all in all it was a real good day. I had the normal extra tiredness and sensitive skill but I felt pretty good other than that. I played around a bit with the meds trying to find the magic formula, and may have come close! I was able to eat a late breakfast, had a root beer float for lunch, and ate a good dinner and dessert. The cotton mouth is still there but not as bad as previous days. We'll see if we can keep it up!

Monday starts back RT and I also have a dentist appointment to get my mouth pieces for fluoride treatments. Yahoo!

Saturday, February 24, 2007

The weekend. It's nice to get a break from the treatments. Saturday and Sunday are my recovery days and a break from having to go to RT. It's nice but I tend to be way too lazy. It's really easy to lay around and do nothing. Caught some great shows on the History Channel but I really need to get off my butt and do at least a little something every day. I will be contact a nurse on Monday who has a physical therapy program for people going through their cancer treatments. Thankfully it is something that the insurance will cover as well and will do me some good mental as well as keep up my strength and tone.

Still fighting with the damn meds. Something the last two days has made the food just sit in the stomach, almost a lactose intolerance bloating kind of feeling. This makes it hard to eat or drink or put anything in there as it feels like it's ready to explode. We think we know what might be causing it and will cut that one out tomorrow and see how it goes.

Friday, February 23, 2007

First day of FMLA so I took it pretty easy. The cotton mouth has gotten pretty bad and a pain to deal with. Tried to eat grilled cheese for lunch; between the cheese, bread, and cotton mouth it was rather difficult to swallow! I decided that I need to stick with foods with a little moisture!

Today's RT was number 11, every treatment is one less! No new sores in the mouth thankfully! I got some new prescriptions for salivation and a rinse for the sores. At this point we are trying to figure out the right mix of pills to make things the easiest.