So yesterday, in addition to going to the hospital for some scans (with great results!), I also felt super, super tired. Like, no energy to do anything once I got back from the scans, just took a nap on the couch, felt awful. Around 6 pm I decided to check my temperature, and it was 99.5 F. Just so you all know, if I have a temperature of 100.3 F or higher, I have to go immediately to the hospital, because if you have a fever with chemo, something could be extremely wrong. I've had temperatures in the 99s before, though, and it's been ok. So I went to bed early and I checked my temperature in the morning. 98.5 F. Everything's ok! I had wondered if maybe mowing the lawn on Monday had taken too much out of me, but no, I think it's just chemo!
I mention this because even now, after two months of chemo, there are still things I don't immediately think to do. I don't know if I just forget, every cycle, that I have some good days, and then some days where I don't feel great, and then I feel better as I get farther away from treatment, but I am still always surprised when I wake up and I don't feel good.
Anyway I feel much better today. I am going to clean the house in a bit. I am blogging about this so I can look back on it later and remember that it happened.
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