2nd chemo and more

On May 11 I met with Dr Rooney to discuss what was going on after my first chemo treatment. I told him about the trip to the hospital, the sleepless nights, the constant sleeping during the day, having no energy. We realized two of the medications I was taking cause drowsiness and should be taken at night only. (One of those was prescribed 3 times a day, hence the need to nap all the time). We acknowledged the fact that chemo makes me dehydrate and very quickly so having IV Fluids the next day is a good plan. We also learned that in the three weeks since my first chemo treatment I did NOT lose any weight. He told me that was encouraging and it sounds like I am right where I should be.

Off to chemo we went.

On Wednesday we went back for the fluids and I was not feeling well at all. I asked if I could lay in the bed instead of using a chair. The infusion process is three hours long. No problem, they moved me to the bed and also scheduled me to come back in on Friday for another liter of fluids. I went home on Wednesday, went to bed and pretty much stayed there until it was time to go for the second infusion on Friday. The bed was not available, it had been reserved for me but someone didn't know that. So they put me in a chair and said they would move me as soon as a bed became available. They took my blood pressure and it was 70/40....they moved the other person out of the bed and put me in it. When I left my BP was 90/60. I was very tired when I got home and went to bed. Saturday, Sunday and until 2:00 on Monday I felt GREAT! I was up and about doing things in the house and actually sat outside for a while. At 2:00 it hit me, I was very tired. I laid on the couch but did not sleep. Yesterday and today have been sluggish days but I am not sleeping all day now. Changing the medication to nighttime only has helped a lot.