Friday, October 16, 2009

Temporarily discharged for 23 days

I've now begun the "gold standard" cycle of 5 days of chemo, then 23 days of freedom. I began on Sunday night, and things felt relatively normal for the first couple of days. By Wednesday evening, I was feeling a little more tired at night, but nothing too severe or different than the old days. Then came Thursday. I was wiped out by the end of the day, both physically and emotionally. I'm still not sure if it was the chemo directly or having not slept well on Wednesday night. One of the side effects of the chemo is an odd "anxiety" that woke me up in the middle of the night. I felt high energy, shaky, and nervous, but there were no actual mental thoughts I could assign to those feelings. It was one of the most bizarre reactions I've ever had. I did have some medication left to treat specifically that, and so on Thursday night I took that as well, and slept far better. Today, my final day, I felt much better over all, though I'm still far more tired than I was earlier in the week. My appetite was also a little down, but I'm hoping the "new normal" will return over the next couple of days.

3 comments:

  1. i hate waking up in the middle of the night like that -- so glad that you got meds for that and that they work...

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  2. I'm glad to know your chemo schedule - I was wondering how that worked & so glad to see the results below! So I have no doubt your will be back to yourself in a few days then - hang in there & sleep and heal when you need to. If you want to try an easy kayak next weekend,when you are feeling better that would be fun!!! xo Jodi

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  3. Hi Eric! thinking of you and sending happy thoughts. -Erin

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