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Resting At Home

Resting At Home

         Well, I'm resting, or trying to.  In Albuquerque, it seemed I ran my little (or big) you know what off.  It wasn't until I napped one day that I felt rested.  Why as I so tired most days?

         One reason is the Medication I take for the Multiple Myeloma.  Revlimid, along with the Dexamethasone will cause fatigue.  The Chemo drug (Revlimid) messes with your blood something fierce.  The longer I take it, the worse it seems to be.  I won't bore you with details, but there are times I really feel in my 90's, not my 70's.  My Red Blood cell count is all messed up.  It remains low, despite taking prescribed Iron tablets daily.  I know I wasn't near this tired a couple of years ago.  I've been on Revlimid for 4.5 years now.  I was told that the Doctor wants a person on Chemo for 5 years, with a 'clean' Bone Marrow Biopsy before taking a patient off it.  I guess we'll see what happens in June, huh!

         Having any kind of Cancer is Hell.  Pure Hell.  I do consider myself lucky though, it could be much worse.  After all, I could have Lung Cancer, Stomach or Throat Cancer, or the worst of all (In my opinion), Pancreatic Cancer.  If the Myeloma had not been found early (40-50% of my White Blood Cells were Cancerous when found), it would be a different story.  Most people never know they have Multiple Myeloma until their bones start to ache.  What has happened is that the Cancerous White Blood Cells have managed to completely fill the marrow, and will eventually cause the bone to crack.  The Cancerous White Blood Cells couldn't migrate through the bone, but with the bone now cracked, they can.  I haven't read further than that, but man, imagine Cancerous White Blood Cells now free in your body.  And the pain you experience due to cracked bones.  I am very lucky, and thank God for my Allergist catching this so early and sending me to Dr. Sriratana, my Oncologist.

         Still, I have this fatigue.  I'll gladly bear that vs the alternative.  So I now rest, all I can.