2 Steps Forward....

2 Steps Forward.... One Step Back

I'm getting to know my routine, and there are certain days I need to anticipate as "down days", where I make absolutely no plans to leave the house or receive visitors. That seems to be around day 4-6 of Chemo, chemo being day 1. These are the days when I feel like crap.... nausea, no appetite, irregularity (love this word!), little sleep. Did I say CRAP, loud enough. 

The yucky feeling doesn't all go away then, but it does start to slowly subside where the meds seem to keep it in check, some prunes do the trick, and I just nap during the day whenever I get the urge. (Remember, I am blogging about my cancer experience. It is not always a pretty story, so my apologies for the graphic details).

So, I seem to be over the slump on one of these series of days. This morning (yep up at 2am and blogging at 3:30am - joy, JOY), it is day 7 from Chemo #3, and yesterday was a day where we had visitors and by the afternoon I felt somewhat "okay". Mind you, this morning the nausea is back so one of those sweet pills that also cause drowsiness appears to be in the very near future. But this too will pass and then I will feel pretty darn great as I get ready to start it all over again. 

But soon I will be half of the way there. And that is a very good thing.

Hugs, Debbie... aka the cancer warrior; AND survivor 

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