Round seven has left me extremely fatigued! When they dropped Eloxatin I thought the side effects would be get better. The only thing that improved was the neuropathy in my hands. I still have it in my throat and feet. Last Friday the fatigue started setting in. I went to Safeway when they disconnected me from my pump. I ended up falling asleep in the car for 45 minutes before being able to have the energy to get out of the car. Saturday, my husband and I went out for breakfast and thought we run errands afterwards. I stayed in the car while he ran all the errands. Sunday after church I spent the rest of the day in bed and it's been like that since then. I get fluids in the morning and the rest of the day I spend in bed or in the recliner. It takes every thing I have to do anything. These are the days I feel I just can't take another treatment. The accumulative effects get worse. I know it takes it's toll on me mentally and I start feeling so useless not being able to accomplish anything except get dressed. To top it all off my WBC dropped to 1.9. I don't have much to fight an infection so I need to stay away from anyone who is sick.
Three more treatments to go and this nightmare will hopefully be over. I think these last three will be the most difficult. Like my daughter says, " it's not a race, it's a marathon." I just hope I can hang on and finish.
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Of course you can and you WILL. If you have to sleep, then fine! You're not expected to do anything else. And anytime you need to get a pick up call me and I'll tell you a funny kid story.
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