Happy New Year everyone! It's been a couple days since I've written in here so I thought I'd give a small update while my eyes are open. I'm fighting so hard just to stay awake to type this. My sleep schedule is so messed up lately and it's mainly due to cancer and this chemo regimen. I'm typing in my hospital bed while staring out the window to the view of rush hour traffic. Every part of my body is screaming for me to go to sleep, and I will...but first I want to let everyone know what's going on.
Two days ago I got the call from my insurance telling me I have the ok to get treatment at a nearby hospital. They reserved a bed for me for Monday morning. Yesterday, my mom dropped me off before heading to work. She wanted to leave early as she would be facing not only traffic but an ice storm. I was in an unusually chipper mood most of the day. I took a tour of the floor I'm staying on and flipped through all the movies they have on demand. I did some connect the dots and a little bit of reading. But most of the day was spent resting.
Night time came along and the first drug was administered as soon as my blood work went through. I took a ton of pre-meds along with some Benadryl which made me super sleepy. I was completely out when a nurse came in very late at night telling me I needed to get an injection. I was so confused partly from the meds but also because I had no recollection that I needed such an injection in my stomach. The nurse told me I could refuse it but I wasn't going to turn down what my doctor said was protocol. I could barely keep my head up but managed to give the ok. Literally, the next thing I know I get a huge pinch in my stomach and I was once again knocked out.
Another haze of confusion happened around 4am when I was told I needed to have blood drawn. I was told they couldn't take blood from my port like they did earlier in the day and that they needed to draw blood from my arm. So I started rolling up my right arm when they said it NEEDED to be my left since I had an IV in my right arm. I kept trying to tell them I had nothing in my arms and that my right arm was the easy access. They kept insisting I get it in my left arm. So instead of fighting it, I decided to roll up my left arm, thinking it might put the matter to rest and me along with it. One more pinch and I was falling back to sleep again.
Next thing I know, I'm woken up again at around 5:30 am to take a pill. This time I had absolutely no recollection of it. The only reason I know this happened was because the nurse told me it happened. So bizarre. All morning and afternoon long I've been trying to catch up on sleep. I'm so sleepy and bored here. The food isn't too bad but my appetite has been really bad these past few weeks. I've also lost 10 pounds in almost 2 weeks.
Well, I'm already starting on my second drug for the day. The next one is a 24-hour drip and if I don't have any reactions then hopefully this chemo will be smooth sailing...hopefully. I think I'm gonna try to sleep some more and type again later when I'm awake enough sound coherent. I'll be in the hospital until either Friday evening or Saturday morning...that is if everything goes well. I'm sure I'll have more to talk about as the days go on. Thank you all for your support and stay tuned for any updates!!
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