Annoying Aches

Friday was the first of the last 4. It was back to not really knowing what to expect from the treatment or the aftermath. That being said, it was not nearly as stressful as the very first time.

The treatment taking longer stinks, and then being out of it because of the drugs given by IV was annoying. I couldn't focus on reading or organizing my stuff. I did some super simple crosswords but even that was annoying to me. On Saturday or Sunday morning I realized that I really had been feeling some nausea during the previous treatments and it was nice not to feel that this weekend. Maybe I didn't fess up to it in hopes that if I ignored feeling bad I wouldn't feel so bad. More likely that I expected it to be much worse than it was so I discounted what I did feel.

As promised on Sunday evening the aches began from the Taxol. I took something right away and continued taking Aleve through this morning. It's a weird ache that sort of lingers maybe in the legs and then has random little bursts in an elbow or knee. It's really pretty annoying. Last night was pretty uncomfortable even just laying on the couch wrapped up in a blanket watching TV. When I woke up today I had a few minutes before I got out of bed that I felt no pain. Even now it's not keeping me down but it is there. Just sort of grates on me making my fuse a little shorter. Great.

Today is Kevin's birthday so we're going to go out to dinner. It's supposed to be hot and humid here in CT so it might be a run-in-the-sprinkler day for the kids. I'm planning to lay low and take it easy. Maybe a nice cup of coffee and some crumb cake... that sounds like a good treat to get it started.

I'm hanging in there and it's only 3 more times. Provided that today is better than yesterday with the aches, I can do this. If today the aches get stronger, then I'm calling for some better pain meds. Either way it's only 3 more times. I can do 3.