Day 2 is not usually too bad.
Slight nausea always kicks in first thing in the morning, so I start the day with a plain bagel. Yum.
I'm pretty tired and slightly nauseous for most of the morning, but I manage to knock out a few chores and make it to the post office around 1pm. When I get back I'm exhausted and my stomach is doing flip flops. I hate taking the Ativan for nausea because it knocks me out, so I decide to try the Compazine again. It didn't work the first time I tried it, but this time it seems to do the trick. I lay down on the couch and knock out 3 episodes of the Great British Baking Show (thanks, BFF, for the recommendation!).
When Husband comes home, I rouse myself and try to act a little less slothsome. It doesn't last very long though.
Just as I finish my dinner (pizza - don't judge) the Neulasta injector on my arm starts beeping. Again, I feel like I'm about to blow up. The beeping is a signal that it is about to inject, which takes about 45 minutes. I can't feel anything, but I start feeling kinda bad - I think it might actually just be a mental thing, but it's all the same in the end. I take an Ibuprofen tablet to try to stave off the headache I know is coming, and wait for the injection to stop. I peel the injector off when it's done and settle back onto the couch.
Within 30 minutes I'm passed out. Husband lets me sleep for about an hour and then sends me off to bed. I take a few Senekot pills (hoorray!), gently wash my face (so as not to encourage my eyelashes and eyebrows to fall out), and crawl into bed.
End of Day 2.
No cocktails for me.
Hope you had one. :)
Great that you can at least do chores in the morning! It sounds like you're taking advantage of your "productive" time when you feel good, and I hope that makes you feel even better to be productive! (I know it does for me).
ReplyDeleteps pizza for dinner is nothing to judge.....you've got just about all the food groups on the right slice of pizza! And you are probably missing many other meals/calories, so eat up the yummy calories when you can :-)