Monday, September 24, 2007
Yakophobia and Toof Woes
Tomorrow I will receive Adriamycin for the first time. This is the scary bright red chemo drug also known as the "Red Devil."
Either Lita is right and I am afraid for no reason--she says she has successfully treated a 90-year-old lady with Adriamycin--or the warning stories are true and it makes people ill, causes fatigue, and makes your pee turn red.
She did actually say something to me about whether I could possibly work half-time, which worries me. Why? Will I need to?
I hope I don't experience fatigue immediately. I am tired of being fatigued. I also hope I don't experience nausea. I have such a fear and horror of the whole gagging and spewing thing, that I can actually vomit from anxiety. I am a bit worried that I will work myself into a fervor that anti-emetics may not be able to deal with.
Wish me luck.
On a completely unrelated note, Brian lost a giant filling this weekend while eating gummi bears. So when I went shopping with my mom Sunday, I brought him some gummi ghosts and bats from Harry and David. He also ate some of the Moose Munch (original dark chocolate...MAN that stuff is good) I got for myself. He is going to the dentist this afternoon and joked that he was going to pack the cavity hole with caramel corn. I told him he could bring the tooth chunk to his boss as proof that he needs to leave work early.
At least it would have been a good way to get the tooth chunk off of our bathroom counter.
Either Lita is right and I am afraid for no reason--she says she has successfully treated a 90-year-old lady with Adriamycin--or the warning stories are true and it makes people ill, causes fatigue, and makes your pee turn red.
She did actually say something to me about whether I could possibly work half-time, which worries me. Why? Will I need to?
I hope I don't experience fatigue immediately. I am tired of being fatigued. I also hope I don't experience nausea. I have such a fear and horror of the whole gagging and spewing thing, that I can actually vomit from anxiety. I am a bit worried that I will work myself into a fervor that anti-emetics may not be able to deal with.
Wish me luck.
On a completely unrelated note, Brian lost a giant filling this weekend while eating gummi bears. So when I went shopping with my mom Sunday, I brought him some gummi ghosts and bats from Harry and David. He also ate some of the Moose Munch (original dark chocolate...MAN that stuff is good) I got for myself. He is going to the dentist this afternoon and joked that he was going to pack the cavity hole with caramel corn. I told him he could bring the tooth chunk to his boss as proof that he needs to leave work early.
At least it would have been a good way to get the tooth chunk off of our bathroom counter.
Labels: Adriamycin, anxiety, Brian, Lita, mom, nausea
Comments:
Janet,
I'll be thinking of you as you meet the "Red Devil".
I hate the nausea, too!
I'm willing you 'No Yacking'!
Love, Lisa P
I'll be thinking of you as you meet the "Red Devil".
I hate the nausea, too!
I'm willing you 'No Yacking'!
Love, Lisa P
Janet, I hope it's going decently. I haven't had much of a chance to check up lately. Sorry about your butt. And Brian's filling loss. Which aren't related, other than being unfortunate & mighty painful. Happy Birthday! A little early, but it's almost October & that's the month I can't remember it.
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: 12:16 AM
Oh Janet, I'm sorry that you have to have Adriamycin. A friend of mine ended up having a nurse come in and giving her Stemetil shots for the nausea. So you can go that route if you need it.
And it really does make you pee red.
Good luck,
Chantelle
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And it really does make you pee red.
Good luck,
Chantelle
