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December 04, 2003
Is it nap time yet?
Well, 3 chemo treatments down, 27 to go (5 a month, for 6 months). I was a bit nauseous yesterday, probably because I waited until noon to try to eat lunch, instead of having something at 10:30 when I got hungry. And I'm very tired, which could be chemo or could be the ongoing saga of recovery from the surgery.
I brought some soda crackers to work to munch on in case it happens again, but as instructed by the chemo nurses, I took anti-nausea drugs first thing this morning. They're not supposed to make you sleepy, but I really feel like I could stand to curl up for a bit more shut-eye, in spite of the fact that I was in bed at 7pm last night (the last of the party animals, that's me!).
I think the driving to and from the hospital daily is also kind of draining. It's probably 20 minutes from my office to the hospital, and then half an hour to 45 minutes to home (there's sneaky routes from the office to the hospital, but I haven't found one to home - plus it's during rush hour, right at 5pm).
Two more days of this and then back to normal again. Except that the side effects are supposed to start hitting then. I can hardly wait. Thank goodness for online shopping, or I dunno how I'd get ready for Xmas.
Posted by Nicole at December 4, 2003 10:19 AM