I restarted my chemo this past Monday, after being off it for almost 6 weeks. I had to stop it when my appendix decided to start trouble. It is like being on it for the first time. I knew it would be tough, I was ready...or so I thought.
Monday I was starving...so hungry after my Avastin, just like the first time I started chemo. I ate my meals and had lots of snacks. Then Monday night I took my Zejula pills and my nausea pill too. By noon on Tuesday I was tired. I could have easily grabbed a blanket and took a nap in the traction room at work. It got worse. No energy, no desire to do anything. But I kept going.
This morning as I am going to work...I am in a fog...I headed out on I94...I work over at Family Wellness in Mandan...by the water park. So....I kept going til I could turn around and go back to Mandan. I got everything done today, just in slow motion. And my appetite is going away, but I am making myself eat.
So far I have been able to sleep, which is good. On Monday my blood pressure was 110/80. But now with the chemo it will be back up again. My CA 125 ( ovarian cancer marker) dropped back down from 22 to 13, which is improved. My joints ache, but the neuropathy hasn't come back.
I think it will take about a week to 10 days to get my body used to the chemicals again. Til then I will be moving slower, not doing much, just living in my fog. So...if I send you a weird text...or forget things...I am blaming the chemo. That's my story.
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