carolmcb's Cancer Blog
November 11, 2007
| Chemotherapy Update Part II | Views: 1492 |
Well yesterday I didn’t expect to be writing a chemotherapy update part II. It was Saturday morning after a Friday morning chemo treatment and I felt great, as I posted. I felt great until about 8:00AM. Then it struck. Why the delay I don’t know, just being sneaky and trying to keep me on my toes. Well, at least it wasn’t severe as normal, so far. I did begin feeling better around 6:00PM Saturday evening. And, I was able to sleep for part of that time.
I had hoped to spend Saturday out shopping but maybe today, if I can get some more sleep.
A funny thing has happened the past two Wednesdays and I want to get my thoughts down so I can discuss it later with my oncologist. We go grocery shopping on Wednesdays. I have felt well each of these past two Wednesdays and looked forward to going out, even with a chill in the air. Both times, I started feeling ill after we began driving. By the time that we got to the store, I was really feeling ill. I was sweaty and just felt tired and ill. I can’t describe it any better. I was able to go into the store but we had to do a quick shop. When I got home, I started to feel better very soon after I laid down on the sofa. My thoughts are—is this some type of reaction to the chemo or is the cancer doing something. This didn’t happen on Friday when we drove to chemo. I felt fine during the drive and after at the medical center.
While my husband hasn’t mentioned those 2 episodes again, I know I worries him because he has modified his behavior. Every day he tried to get me to go do something out doors, run an errand, take a walk, etc. Since Wednesday, he hasn’t suggested it at all. He just gets ready and tells me he running to the store to pick up whatever we need. No suggestion of me going with him. I don’t think it’s because he’s sick and tired of me, I just scared him. I don’t want to do that. I feel that I should be able to be fairly normal part of each week and let us have some normalcy in our lives. We can’t be cancer world all the time right now.
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I’ve had episodes like that, too, where I felt fine until I left the house, and then I just felt sick. It doesn’t happen very often so I didn’t think to ask my doctor about it. Probably a good idea to mention it to your oncologist…Grace
I get the same thing. I just have to go home an lay down. This happens at the second week of my chemo xeloda. Cannot figure it out….becasue sometimes I am ok…feel well. Sue
Happened everytime to me. It was kind of funny I guess. When I’d get the chemo I found out through experience, too much experience, that I’d feel ok, good even for about 2 hours, then it’d hit, and damn it’d suck.
Not sure why, must be something in the chemo??
My onc gave me marijuana pills, kinda takes the experience out of it, pill form and all, and it didn’t do anything anyway.
Listen to your body, you may end up with lots of side effects, but I just remember that if I have joint pains, or if people laugh at me because my memory is shot, well that means I must be alive.