Well, I threw up last night for the first time since starting chemo. It was weird because I woke up around 3 in the morning and felt just fine. I used the bathroom and then went downstairs to get something to eat (I have been feeling a little nauseous lately if my stomach is empty). After I came back up to bed I was laying there and the furnace was on and I started feeling really hot and sick, but I didn't want to get up. Finally I decided I better hurry to the bathroom. I took one of my anti-nausea pills and after doing some business for a minute started feeling like I was going to throw up. Luckily I remembered that I had a cleaning bucket under the sink and managed to grab it in time to throw up in it... I felt much better after a few minutes and was able to go back to bed feeling fine.
DH stayed home from work today to get some yard work done. He was hoping to do it on the weekend, but for the second weekend in a row we are supposed to get a cold front with snow coming through and the work needs to be done before winter sets in. My dad came over and worked with DH while my mom and I and the girls went to Huntsman for my blood work. It was supposed to be just a quick blood draw again and then a quick injection so we thought the girls might have fun with the diversion. Well, as I am learning with the clinic I go to, nothing seems to go quickly or effortlessly... When I checked in the lady said that she would quickly get the order called in so my injection would be ready to go. Then they called me back and I sat waiting for several minutes before they took me in to draw my blood. (The nurses that draw the blood said it had been a super busy morning already. They had had as many people so far that day as they had all day the day before.) When the lady was getting the order ready for the blood draw she thought that they had the wrong test ordered so she called my nurse, Stephanie, and she said she would look into it. A few minutes later she called back and said that the test order was wrong and she would be by with the correct order. So they finally got the blood order right, then the nurse said that they would be by to take my blood pressure and then I could go. I told the nurse that I was supposed to have an injection today as well - she said she'd look into it. After probably at least a half hour of just sitting there, they finally got things sorted out and got the injection for me and administered it to me. (I heard that there was a little bit of hassle either from the pharmacy or the insurance because I am supposed to get the injection every 28 days and it had only been 27 days...) I was probably back in the office for almost an hour during which time my mom had to entertain MJ and Kay by wandering the halls with them and feeding them some snacks that she found in the diaper bag...
After we came home and ate lunch I took MJ outside to play while I sat in the sun and watched DH finish up his work. It was a little on the cold side, but the sun felt really good and MJ loved running around out there.
The rest of the day I really fluctuated between feeling good and not feeling good. My stomach was upset a little off and on and I had a hard time keeping a constant body temperature. One minute I would be freezing and then a half hour later I was dying of the heat. My feet and legs have been find today, but my fingers have been a little tingly lately. It hasn't affected me too much, but it is just kind of annoying. I've also had a bad headache off and on throughout the day. And wow my scalp hurts today - kind of a combination of itching and just general discomfort - especially when I touch it.
A couple of neighbors stopped by with dinner and one of the activity day girl groups stopped by with some cute turkey cupcakes they had made.
