Except for a quick run out to the pharmacy to pick up a refill of Campazine (anti-nausea pill) yesterday, plus a walk through the grocery store for milk and a cooked chicken, I did nothing at all. I slept all afternoon, I read a little, and I watched some TV.
In the past, I have waited till I was definitely nauseated before taking anything. I decided that was waiting too long. Once you get nauseated, it is so hard to get rid of. So this time, at the earliest hint of nausea, I take a pill. It's working out a lot better because the nausea hasn't gotten its grip on me. It's sort of funny, though, to have settled on this most workable approach on my last dose of Doxorubicin!
(I am hoping that this is a strategy I won't have to employ in the future, but realistically I guess I have learned something that I will be able to use again.)
My mouth has been really dry. This is a new side effect for me on Doxorubicin, but a typical one for this chemo. I have been lucky to have avoided it till now. Some people get awful mouth sores; dodged that bullet.
Lou is still sleeping, and I am trying to be as quiet as a mouse so as not to wake him up. Today our plan is to return my fancy new steam iron to Macy's. It drips water. Bummer.
At breakfast, I will take my last dose of Decadron! That means one more decaf morning to suffer through, and one more day feeling sort of speedy yet exhausted. I am hoping that tonight I will get a good night's sleep and not wake up in the wee hours of the morning.
Both the Patriots and the Dolphins play on Sunday -- but not each other, thank God.
I guess that sort of wraps up the entire weekend!
1 comment:
Thank you for the update! Glad that you are feeling better. Bummer about the iron. I have a upright steamer and love it! Hugs XOXO
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