The biggest issue is the anti-nausea meds (which are great) leading to me not being sure when I'm hungry, and then feeling very bloated. These are small problems. My energy level has been a little down lately, but I am feeling ok right now. All in all, it continues to be in line with what I was told to expect. I am eating well (even though it's very weird to eat when you're not hungry, and then never get hungry), I am doing my little exercises (I have even more little exercises from the physical therapist and the occupational therapist), and I am taking it easy.
I do think that every treatment has been a little harder, and I am definitely getting TIRED of all the little things that are gross. Saline, for example, leaves a terrible taste in my mouth, and it gets flushed through the port all the time. There is also an anti-nausea drug that tastes like weird banana flavoring. It is awful. I need to start taking gum or something. Just every time I have to deal with these things, it's a little more like "Ugh I don't like this." In the beginning it was more like "Oh this is a little gross but it's fine, I'll get used to it." I did not get used to it! I got annoyed by it! In a way, this is good. This is very "me."
I am ok with being annoyed by things. This is a very normal feeling, and it's all fine. I'm going to try chewing gum next time, and maybe that'll help! I'll keep you posted.
(Also all the drugs that I take to help manage my chemo symptoms smell terrible. They don't taste like anything but I open the bottle and I go "ugh" and then I take whatever it is I need to take so I don't feel bad. It's WEIRD.)
The physical nausea is well under control, but the psychological nausea is harder to address.
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