So lately (though it's better this week), it's been going something like this:
pain.
take pain med.
get nauseaus.
take anti-nauseau pill.
throw up anyway.
get weak.
take different anti-nausea pill.
get loopy from anti-nauseua pill.
get backed up.
get dehydrated.
more pain.
more pain med.
pain med bad on kidneys.
stop that pain med.
take more of first pain med...
You get the picture. I would call it perhaps the most difficult and painful of juggling acts, and it's been beating mom up lately. Talked to the nurse on Friday and she mentioned how much everyone loves mom at the clinic...and how they're all amazed at how little pain medication she's taken...Think mom finally realized that the pain has reached a point where it's more preoccupying and disorienting than the loopiness the meds cause.
One of the most difficult parts of this whole deal is how consuming the disease is. It seems bad enough to be going through it; at least you want to be able to enjoy some of the things that make you feel normal. But so much of mom's time is in management now. On Friday, she spent from 1:00 until 9:00 in the hospital getting a CAT-scan and her weekly lung drain.
BUT all is not despair. Like I said at the beginning of this post, she was well enough for me to mosy on over with Alex on Saturday night to parade off my dress and haircut for an awards ceremony that night. She and dad were cuddled on the couch watching a movie together. Love seeing that--and dad's gentle kisses to her forehead.
We're off to see the doctor tomorrow. COME ON DOXIL!
Valarie
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2 comments:
I suppose you could try varying the cycle. You know:
Become nauseated.
Take pain meds.
Become more nauseated
...?
No, no: I don't see that really offering much.
I'm sorry. But maybe the Doxil or some tweaking the meds can provide relief. And as an MD told me in my distant youth, when you go to see your doctor is not the time to be stoic or portray yourself in unusually good health. (Although I could make exceptions to that rule; no point in encouraging your leeches to kill you with concoctions that a medieval alchemist would shudder at.)
You'll turn the corner, in a positive direction (last clause added because when you are down in spirits, you would be only to inclined to append your own addition, and you know I don't like being edited!)
Well, you may edit that last parenthetical to be "too" instead of "to". Curse this software!
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