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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
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These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations. Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free. Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written. |
| The title, of course, comes from The Big Lebowski, but what Dhe Dude said seems fitting. I was supposed to have a chemo infusion today, but all that changed when I got sick yesterday evening. Not sick as in a cold or other ailment, but sick from the new medication I was put on yesterday to help with the neuropathy in my hands and feet. The first medication they had me try made me extremely dizzy, and I had to stop taking it for fear of falling all the time. So yesterday, my oncologist prescribed me a different medication that he has had good luck with. I took the prescribed dose yesterday at one in the afternoon after we returned home. By dinner time, the tingling had noticeably let up; it wasn't gone, but it had decreased a lot. I was beginning to think it was going to work, and I wouldn't feel like my feet were constantly asleep. Dinner time rolled around, and I was able to eat an entire enchilada (my wife's own recipe) with all the fixings. It was a bit much, but I did manage to keep it all down and was again happy with the fact that it seemed my eating capacity had increased a bit. After dinner, I took the dogs out and played with them a bit. Bellah loves to retrieve her ball, and Max, being a Husky, loves to play chase. He was excited when I chased him a bit; it's been quite some time since I could, but I soon discovered that running and frolicking isn't the best thing to do right after eating. I didn't get sick, but it didn't settle well on top of my dinner. Anyway, I digress. After we came back in, I relaxed in my recliner, and we turned the television on. I was soon feeling better and enjoying a nice, relaxing evening. But a few hours later, after the time-released neuropathy medication had time to reach full strength, I got sick. I broke out in the sweats, I started feeling nauseous, and I just felt like yuck. I took one of my nausea meds and let it dissolve on my tongue like directed, but despite them working great for the chemo, it didn't do anything. I had to have my wife get me one of the other nausea meds and try and get that down between fits of dry-heaving. I don't like to take that medication because it really messes with my vertigo, but I was desperate. It did the trick, and a half hour after I started heaving, it finally stopped. This morning found myself still feeling pretty lousy, but at least I could drink a little coffee without getting sick. My wife had contacted the infusion center and explained things to them. The doctor figured it was a reaction to the new medication, but wanted me to come in and get checked out. After getting another liter of water pumped into me, I was a bit dehydrated. We discussed the possibility of what had caused me to get sick and agreed, although we can't know for sure, that it's the medication and I shouldn't take any more. She also suspects it's the chemo that has made me so intolerant to many medications. So, for now, I just have to put up with the tingling. Hopefully, after the chemo is done (still two to go), the neuropathy will improve, and I can find a medication to help since it will never go away completely. My infusion was rescheduled for Friday, but my daughter is coming to visit on Sunday, and I have an endoscopy scheduled for Wednesday to get my throat stretched and opened up a bit more, so I don't want to have an infusion until after. The doctor discussed this with my oncologist, who said it would be fine to put it off until my next scheduled infusion in two weeks. So, a bit of a reprise from the chemo, a chance to recover a bit more before the next two, and since I'm already feeling better again, some time to get the rest of the winterization work done before I resume chemo and feel like I'm wading in the river Styx. |
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