Thursday, July 26, 2012
I have a little bit of a headache today but not as bad as I have had after some of my treatments. I've been trying to drink more water because I'm wondering if some of my headaches are being caused by dehydration in addition to the Avastin. I had my vision act weird today again. I was driving home from dropping my daughter off somewhere and my vision started going kind of blurry. Once I got home I laid down for a little bit and tried closing my eyes some. It finally cleared up after a little while but it is quite disconcerting. I'm not sure if it is caused by not getting enough sleep or if it is a side effect of the Avastin...
On Wednesday I had another Avastin infusion. My last 3 weeks have been crazy again and there hasn't been a lot to blog about on this blog. I pretty much feel just fine all of the time. My feet for some reason feel a little sore when I first get up in the morning, but usually after a few minutes of walking around they feel fine again. Sometimes when I am sitting in one position for a while I am a little stiff when I get up, but I'm not sure if that is just old age :) or a longer term side-effect of the chemo.
Wednesday was the first day of school for my elementary school kids. At first they had my treatment scheduled for the afternoon, but I wanted it early so that I could be sure to be home when the kids got home. I decided it might be nice to take M&M with me to one of my infusions before school starts for her so that she can see what it is like. Technically visitors are supposed to be at least 14 years old, but I figured she was close enough since her birthday is in just a couple more days. And I knew that she wouldn't be a distraction to anyone there. The only problem was what to do with my younger two kids. At first we thought that DH could just work from home but he had a dentist appointment the following day so we weren't sure if he should miss both days. After talking with my parents we worked it out so that DH could drop the two little ones at their house on his way to work and then I would pick them up afterwards.
My appointment was for 9:30 a.m. and we got there right on time. After getting called back into the infusion room they accessed my port and then we sat waiting and waiting and waiting... And unfortunately we had probably the worst seat in the room. We were all the way on the far end and all we could see out the window was a little part of the sky and a brick wall. We decided to turn the T.V. on and found a soccer match - the U.S. Women vs France - for one of the Olympic qualifying rounds. At one point I asked my nurse what was taking so long and she said that unfortunately because of the holiday the day before (Pioneer Day), they were a lot more busy than usual. She said that they were open on Tuesday for Pioneer Day, but they had a total of about 14 patients for the whole day. Most people rescheduled for either the day before or the day after.
Finally around 11:20(!) the nurse brought the Avastin to me and hooked me up to it. We got out of there around noon. I took M&M upstairs to show her around the building a little. Then we went down to our car and drove to my parents' house to pick up Kay and MJ. We stopped at McDonald's on the way there to pick up some lunch. I'm glad that M&M was able to come and share the experience with me before she starts into a crazy schedule of marching band and school!
Wednesday was the first day of school for my elementary school kids. At first they had my treatment scheduled for the afternoon, but I wanted it early so that I could be sure to be home when the kids got home. I decided it might be nice to take M&M with me to one of my infusions before school starts for her so that she can see what it is like. Technically visitors are supposed to be at least 14 years old, but I figured she was close enough since her birthday is in just a couple more days. And I knew that she wouldn't be a distraction to anyone there. The only problem was what to do with my younger two kids. At first we thought that DH could just work from home but he had a dentist appointment the following day so we weren't sure if he should miss both days. After talking with my parents we worked it out so that DH could drop the two little ones at their house on his way to work and then I would pick them up afterwards.
My appointment was for 9:30 a.m. and we got there right on time. After getting called back into the infusion room they accessed my port and then we sat waiting and waiting and waiting... And unfortunately we had probably the worst seat in the room. We were all the way on the far end and all we could see out the window was a little part of the sky and a brick wall. We decided to turn the T.V. on and found a soccer match - the U.S. Women vs France - for one of the Olympic qualifying rounds. At one point I asked my nurse what was taking so long and she said that unfortunately because of the holiday the day before (Pioneer Day), they were a lot more busy than usual. She said that they were open on Tuesday for Pioneer Day, but they had a total of about 14 patients for the whole day. Most people rescheduled for either the day before or the day after.
Finally around 11:20(!) the nurse brought the Avastin to me and hooked me up to it. We got out of there around noon. I took M&M upstairs to show her around the building a little. Then we went down to our car and drove to my parents' house to pick up Kay and MJ. We stopped at McDonald's on the way there to pick up some lunch. I'm glad that M&M was able to come and share the experience with me before she starts into a crazy schedule of marching band and school!
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