Well, the bad chemo symptoms have reared their ugly head earlier than usual. Tom is having a tough time with this round of treatment and feeling the effects much earlier than usual. This makes these last few days especially tough since he thought he had a few more days with less of the intense symptoms. He was trying to not take some extra medicine today but ultimately needed some of the stronger anti-nausea medicines. As we were figuring out the medicines with the nurses, he was trying to describe how he feels, but can’t. He and I were talking and he said it’s just an indescribable feeling; it’s partly an intense amount of focus so as to not think about the nausea, it’s an overwhelming sense of fatigue, and then the achiness of the flu. However, he says that doesn’t even describe how it all feels. Ugh. Regardless, we are hoping that these early symptoms don’t prolong his bad days on the other end of the chemo cycle too - but that will remain to be seen.
Our day was a bit of a comedy of errors, we made it through chemo but unfortunately -as mentioned above - our day matched the crappy weather outside. To top it off, my Dad & sister drove down from Wisconsin to have dinner at the hospital with us and got in a car accident on the way. No major injuries, but just not the greatest feeling when we have people coming to spend time with us and then they get in an accident. Yuk.
We know we have to have some bad days – if nothing else – to know the good days. So we chalk today up to that and hope for a better tomorrow. More to come…
Our day was a bit of a comedy of errors, we made it through chemo but unfortunately -as mentioned above - our day matched the crappy weather outside. To top it off, my Dad & sister drove down from Wisconsin to have dinner at the hospital with us and got in a car accident on the way. No major injuries, but just not the greatest feeling when we have people coming to spend time with us and then they get in an accident. Yuk.
We know we have to have some bad days – if nothing else – to know the good days. So we chalk today up to that and hope for a better tomorrow. More to come…