it is a very good thing i didn't go out of town this weekend since i was absolutely miserable the whole freaking weekend.
my temperature ranged anywhere from 98.9 - 101.1. 'normal' for me is 97.something, basically anywhere in the 97's, anything higher is a fever in my crazy body.
one positive is that i lost a few lbs since i could barely get out of bed, much less eat anything.
another positive is that i finally finished middlesex. then i began and finished our new book club book. and then i started in on another book that was in my 'to be read' stack.
oh, and i had no electricity for all of saturday. you know, cuz my life didn't suck quite enough.
more later...i have to rush to my doctor's office so they can take my weekly blood and take a look at me and my sickness.
update: my counts are on the rebound, so hopefully i will have more of an immune system to fight with soon. the nurse met with me, looked me over, prescribed some antibiotics.
from there i went to another appointment...a follow-up to my annual well woman appointment a few weeks ago. today i had a sonogram to see what's going on inside; everything is good there, i am officially in chemo-induced menopause. as one doctor says, "Natural menopause is a fender bender, whereas medical or surgical menopause is like hitting a brick wall at sixty miles an hour." yay kelly.
so...i went straight from an office filled with mostly older people who are fighting for their lives to an office filled with mostly younger people who are creating new life. and here i sit somewhere in the middle, more able to identify with the fighters than the creators.
i have a bone scan on wednesday, and CT scan on friday. in between all of that i am going to try to get some work done and get myself well again so i can have chemo next monday.
from there i went to another appointment...a follow-up to my annual well woman appointment a few weeks ago. today i had a sonogram to see what's going on inside; everything is good there, i am officially in chemo-induced menopause. as one doctor says, "Natural menopause is a fender bender, whereas medical or surgical menopause is like hitting a brick wall at sixty miles an hour." yay kelly.
so...i went straight from an office filled with mostly older people who are fighting for their lives to an office filled with mostly younger people who are creating new life. and here i sit somewhere in the middle, more able to identify with the fighters than the creators.
i have a bone scan on wednesday, and CT scan on friday. in between all of that i am going to try to get some work done and get myself well again so i can have chemo next monday.
the best part of my weekend was that i took friday off of work for a reason that wasn't medical.
i got to hang out with toye and steph, we had a such good time just talking, eating, and watching dreamgirls.
not medical, but the best medicine ever.
i got to hang out with toye and steph, we had a such good time just talking, eating, and watching dreamgirls.
not medical, but the best medicine ever.
3 comments:
Well crap....I'm sorry you are felt so bad. I hope the doc can whip out a magic wand, or at least a bottle of good drugs and get you feeling better soon.
I loved Middlesex. I seem to remember that the author has written another book, but I can't remember for sure...chemo brain!
Hang in there...let us know what the doc says.
Hugs
Deb C
~*~hugs~*~sweetie....dreamgurls.....dreamgurls.......~~~~~~*******~~~~~~~luv that movuh~~~
{"Natural menopause is a fender bender, whereas medical or surgical menopause is like hitting a brick wall at sixty miles an hour." }
Imagine me. I got both. :)
Hope you're feeling a bit better. I've been thinking of you.
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