I had to go get my Herceptin today, and after talking to my doctor about my lingering symptoms he gave me a bag of fluid and some anti-nausea medicine as a bonus! I still didn't feel great when I left, but I feel waaaaayyyyy better than yesterday. Praise God for that!
I also got blood counts today, and all were good except for the platelets, so no blackberry picking for me for a while I guess (or scaling rocks, or trudging through the Amazon, or.....). Of course, I would have to get a nose bleed today. Never get nose bleeds. But this one didn't want to stop. So that was fun. So glad my pharmacist was here to help me out with that one. The boys would have thought it was ultra-cool. Me, not so much.
But all is good here as the sun is beginning to set here in good ole MO. Looking forward to dinner with B. Whatever that may be. I'm praying it tastes the way it's supposed to, cause so far I've had to add a favorite - Coke - to the list of things not to eat/drink cause they taste so horrible.
Continuing to pray for the symptoms to subside and just go away. I now know that the awful ones will last about a week and can plan for that next time. The doc also gave us good suggestions of ways to curb them a bit and make the next time a bit easier.
Every time I go into the infusion room I look around and see mostly different faces than the time before. I wonder what their stories are. Some are there alone - maybe by choice. Maybe not. It breaks my heart. Most of them are much older than me. I can only imagine how much harder this is when your body is years older. I pray for them while I'm there. And I think of my sweet little friend who was not even in kindergarten when she started her chemo. Knowing first hand what chemo does to you gives me a whole new perspective about what no little girl should ever have to endure. Love you M!
Though they stumble, they will never fall,
for the Lord holds them by the hand.
Psalm 37:24
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