Before I am pumped full of poison to kill the cancer within me, I get pre-medications to help my body handle the onslaught. Some of the infusions are a 3 day anti-nausea medication, high dose of IV steroids, and Benadryl. Unfortunately, today is the day that the anti-nausea medication really starts to wear off. I have pills that I take to help with the nausea. The steroids make me not be able to sleep well, but trying to combat that with Melatonin which helps to regulate sleep.
This is not an easy path to travel down but I am surrounded by many loving people to help me. I am so very blessed to have married a saint. It is never easy to see your spouse in pain or sick, but Wil handles it in stride. He wakes up in the middle of the night to turn the fan off and cover me in my down comforter because I'm freezing. Then just a few hours later, wakes up to turn the fan back on since I'm having a hot flash.
My mom is also staying with us to help out. While we were at chemo on Monday, she deep cleaned the entire house. Bathrooms were spotless, floors all cleaned, windows washed, bed made, flowers water, the list could go on! Now this cleaning frenzy started with Chick-Fil-A's new coffee, apparently it is super caffeinated! Not only that, my brother-in-law, Doug, came over after working all day to fix my broken washer.
Wil found this song the other day while listening to Pandora. I think it fits our story right now! I listen to it almost every morning. It is a great way to keep everything in perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knuHDPbE5es
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