I had my Herceptin treatment today...I know I wrote that it was on Wednesday but I forgot that it really was today...chemo brain! Anyway, the treatment went fine. They were so busy...we were packed in the small treatment room like sardines. It was mostly all men in there with me. They made me take two benadryl before the treatment to prevent any allergic reactions and that made me sleepy, of course, but I didn't want to fall asleep and start snoring in front of everyone. This treatment only takes 90 minutes so I was able to go back to work. I was tired all afternoon but made it thru the day. It was wierd to not have Bret with me today....the room is so small he would not have been able to sit with me anyway but it just felt funny going back there by myself.....all those hours that we sat thru chemo he never complained and never left my side. When I was doing the A/C he would wake me up to get me suck on ice chips so I would not get the mouth sores and when I was doing the Taxol he would wake me up to tell me I was snoring too loud....he's a good guy!!!
I did find out that my white blood cell count is back to normal. Most people have trouble with them being too low during chemo and mine actually got too high...I was hoping it was from the Neulasta shot (white blood cell booster) because having a count that is too high can mean that your body is fighting some other infection or sometimes it can be a sign of leukemia....that scared the crap out of me when I read that. All my other counts look good, too. I am still anemic which only adds to the lack of energy but I am hoping that my daily supplement will soon take care of that.
Bret is out of town so the kids and I went out to dinner and to get haircuts for both of them. When we came out of the salon everything was covered with ice again....we had rain and snow again most of the day. I am so ready for warm weather!! It was so COLD out today! BRRRRR!
Hair update: I noticed that the hair on my legs has started growing...darn, gonna have to start shaving again....I haven't missed that these last four months!
3 comments:
Hey Jan!!!
You are so funny about the hair on your legs growing back!!! Kind of like when you prego you don't miss Aunt Flo for the 9 months and then she comes back with a vengeance!! LOL
Glad to hear that you made it through your first Herceptin treatment...so sorry that Bret wasn't there with you, that must have been really strange. But you know he would've been there if he could...he's a great guy!! You should've called me...I'd wake you if you started snoring or drooling!! Although I probably would've fell asleep with you. Then they'd have two people snoring!! LOL
I'm with you on the weather...I am so ready for warmer weather.
Take care and I'll check back later.
Thought we all could use a laugh. This is an email that I received from a dear friend. It's long but worth the read...
Subject: Spousal Showering Habits
Part 1: HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A WOMAN:Take off clothing
and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according
to lights and darks.Walk to bathroom wearing long
dressing gown.If you see husband along the way,
Cover up any exposed areas.Look at your womanly
physique in the mirror make mental note to do more
sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.Get in the shower. Use face
cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah,wide loofah
and pumice stone.Wash your hair once with cucumber
and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins.Wash your
hair again to make sure it's clean.Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner .Wash your face
with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes
until red.Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut
and jaffa cake body wash.Rinse conditioner off
hair.Shave armpits and legs.Turn off shower.Squeegee
off all wet surfaces in shower.Spray mold spots with
Tilex.Get out of shower.Dry with towel the size of a
small country.Wrap hair in super absorbent
towel.Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown
and towel on head If you see husband along the way,
cover up any exposed areas.
Part 2: HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A MAN:
Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile.Walk naked
to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way,
shake wiener at her while making the woo-woo
sound.Look at your manly physique in the
mirror.Admire the size of your wiener and scratch
your ass.Get in the shower .Wash your face.Wash your
armpits.Blow your nose in your hands and let the
water rinse the snot off.Fart and laugh at how loud
it sounds in the shower.Spend majority of time
washing privates and surrounding area.Wash your
butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the
soap.Wash your hair. Make a shampoo Mohawk. Pee.Rinse off and get out of shower.Partially
dry off.Fail to notice water on floor because
Curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time.
Admire wiener size in mirror again .Leave shower
curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on.
Return to bedroom with towel around waist.If you
pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the
woo-woo sound again.
Throw wet towel on her pillow.
If there is anyone among you who did not laugh at the truth behind this,There is something SO
very wrong with you. Have a great day!Oh, and.... woo woo!!!
So sorry I missed my "good luck" note yesterday. I sent it this morning thinking it was today! Man I'll be happy when your chemo brain disappears, you can only use that excuse for so long you know!! I am sure you did miss Bret, he has fought this demon right along with you. Sounds like you did just fine though. 90 minutes must have seemed like nothing! Buried in snow here but they sent the kids back anyways! Good luck with the results tomorrow.
Love you,
Kay
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