WELL, TO RECAP, I WAS IN THE HOSPTIAL AFTER MY LAST CHEMO, WITH ATRIL FIB, (RAPID HEART RATE). MY THEN, CARDIOLIGIST, SAID THAT I SHOULDN'T CONTINUE WITH MY CHEMO, THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND THAT THE CHEMO AND RADIATION WOULD BURN MY HEART. SO I THREW HIM OUT OF MY ROOM, GOT DISHCHARGED AND WENT TO A NEW CARDIOLOGIST AND JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE, GOT A SECOND ONCOLOGY OPINION AS WELL. BOTH SECOND OPINIONS SAID THAT THE FIRST CARDIOLOGIST WAS FULL OF IT AND THAT I NEEDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE CHEMO AND RADIATION. SO YESTERDAY I CONTINUED WITH MY FIFTH ROUND OF CHEMOTHRAPY.
IT WAS DIFFICULT, AS I WENT IN WITH A SPLITTING HEADACHE AND NAUSEA, BOTH AS A RESULT OF THE STEROIDS THEY GIVE ME FOR PROTECTION AGAIN A REACTION FROM THE TAXOL. BUT AFTER GIVING ME THE ANTI-NAUSEA MEDS AND HYDRATION, I FELT BETTER. I ALSO TOOK MY PERCOCET AND THAT ALLEVIATED THE PAIN SOMEWHAT.
TODAY I HAVE BEEN SLEEPING AND WHEN I AM AWAKE I STILL HAVE A SLIGHT HEADACHE. MY HEART RATE IS FAST WHENEVER I GET UP SO I TRY TO STAY DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I AM ALSO EATING BANANAS AND DRINKING OJ AS MY POTASSIUM WAS DOWN LAST TIME I WENT TO ICU AND THEY THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BROUGHT about THE ATRIAL FIB AS WELL. SO I AM TRYING TO BE A PREVENTATIVE PATIENT AS WELL.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT IN A NUTSHELL. MY DAUGHTER, JILL, IS TRAVELING FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO STAY WITH ME FOR about FOUR OR FIVE DAYS TO HELP ME OUT. MY HUSBAND IS GETTING FRIED TOO. HE NEEDS SOME RELIEF. I THINK HE IS SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION NOW AS WELL. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS AND WELL WISHES. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. AND PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. I LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU OUT THERE AND KNOW HOW YOU ALL ARE DOING TOO. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU MY GOOD FRIENDS.
LOVE YOU ALL.
LINDALOO