So here I am, back at John C. Lincoln Hospital, room #443. My chemotherapy cocktail has been ordered and they should start me up on it using my Power Port catheter this evening. In the meantime I’m getting hydrated with a big IV bag labeled “Nutrimix® Macro System.”
I’ve been doing pretty good keeping myself calm, not jumping ahead to worry about side effects of the chemotherapy cycle over these next few days. Last time was rough, and I felt like hell for 72 hours straight. But maybe this time will be better. If not, well… by the time I begin freaking out it will already be half way over.
I’ve been having more trouble with my legs these last few days. Pain and numbness in my thighs and hips, plus almost constant numbness in my buttocks (a very strange feeling, one I’ve had in the past several months). Doctors said this could be a sign of spinal pressure caused by the tumors along my upper spine. For this reason I’ll be going downstairs for a new MRI scan sometime this evening. The pain’s been mostly on the right side of my body. Last night it got so bad I almost had to be admitted through emergency right then. But I convinced Kasha to let me ride it out as I snoozed on the couch in front of the TV throughout the night, being careful not to get stuck sleeping in a rut that would activate the acid burn nerve pain experience.
Melissa and the girls are on their way down here for a visit. I’m craving cookies, so she’s bringing some from Paradise Bakery, along with goodies for the nurses on the floor. Evan is my current attending nurse. She has been a wonderful advocate and seems to go above and beyond for me. My mom will also be here and sleeping in the room with me tonight. She was a great help on my last chemo dose, so I’m grateful for this.
Oh, mom just arrived. More from me later!
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