No one had to bribe me to get me out of bed today. Last Thursday, the promise of Japanese food was the incentive that made me crawl out of bed!
I was fortunate to get the good nurse Maria again today and she got the needle in on the first try again. We are still having to use a 1 1/2-inch needle instead of the normal inch needle. There was no pain ... just the pressure of the needle going in and that was all. My neurophils are up to 1.0 from .8 last week. It's still below the 1.5 that they would like to see.
My premeds was still Tylenol and Benadryle and that damn Benadryle made me sleepy again. The Herceptin infusion itself only took 30 minutes but the entire process took 2 1/2 hours. The big one is coming next week.
We talked about hair loss and Maria said it's usually between day 10 - 14 after the first infusion. I am on Day 14. I haven't lost my hair yet but I know that is coming. I wore my wig to work on Monday ... it felt like having a hat on my head. Adjusted it a couple of times during the day but for the most part it was fine. It was after I came home and took it off that I had this pain across the top of my forehead for about an hour or so. Overall not too bad.
Maria remarked about my good attitude and I don't know what to say about it. I don't know how else to be ... I have this disease and I have to deal with it. To me it's really quite simple ... I don't want it but I have it. Crying and brooding about it, changes nothing. I don't think it's my "good" attitude ... it's my practical attitude.
Well, me and my good attitude are going upstairs and getting on the elliptical for as long as my legs will allow.
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