I have decided to show people after chemo I am pretty much ok yes I am sick yes I am depressed at times and crying yes cranky but also yes I am alive and Ok look at me I am here and doing this and can do this. I am a warrior love you all.
Sept 8 Game night with Jonathan go PATS finally feeling a bit better from chemo so hoping to enjoy
watching the game on TV.
I also shaved my head this weekend
Sept-13 feeling much better past couple days, still some rectal issues (see below for advice and what I personally deal with) but not so bad I am not in tears today is the start of the real good days well I hope anyway hoping to do some weed whacking next week the last clean up for fall and winter. and maybe a drive to the ocean we will see.
things I have gone through and recommendations that really work for me
one stool softener every day from day one of chemo until weeks after I finish in December!!!! I actually take it twice a day senna-s works great, (I had so much pain going poop OMG thought I was going to Die and it depressed me and made me so cranky.) once I found out I should take the senna every day until I am done chemo now I feel so much better still some pain but not nearly as bad as it was. a donut seat helps. I take a prescribed antinausea that I take every morning and night and sometimes around 3 in the afternoon, I eat small meals through the day and take the diabetic shake product instead of ensure shake if you are not diabetic take ensure. I drink one shake a day and first 3 days after chemo I drink 2 or 3 they help settle my tummy.
food day 1 after chemo toast, cereal cold cut sandwich or small sub, apple sauce shakes nothing warm day 2 toast cereal fruits like Mellon's pears, apple sauce shakes pasta salads or pasta dishes like mac and cheese or alfredo or soups chicken soup butternut squash, clam chowder same for day 3 then we start on some more normal meals still staying away from greasy and spicy. on line Recommendations really work look them up also try eating cold or warm foods instead of hot.
my hair started falling out 2 weeks after the first treatment. shave your head it makes it easier on everyone it gets everywhere around the house clothes and so on remember it grows back.. I bought cheap chemo hats on amazon and heath prayer yoga beads to decorate them on amazon links are below
I have to say the first 3 days for me after each treatment are awful I am so depressed queazy but no vomiting weakness and so on it takes me an entire week to feel really really good again I have 2 good weeks then another treatment, but I have hope and only 4 more treatments to go big deep breath.
I can do this and I am so thankful for my online friends my family and my biggest supporter Jonathan he goes through a lot with my depression and crankiness, I do want to say make sure you talk about this the depression feeling sick and weakness and being cranky right off so everyone understands it will change after treatments are done. being sick is so hard on you and on the ones you love once you start having good days reward the ones you love for taking your upset on bad days I do not know how to explain but that I cry a lot and sometimes get angry like very cranky I suppose. I do know I feel bad and try to let Jonathan know I didn't mean things, I said I do not mean to attack him it isn't his fault I have cancer but the depression and the sick feeling are so awful some days. he gets it after we talk about the day and I apologize. acknowledging each other's hurt if there is some is important when you are able the family is battling cancer and it is hard the entire family are warriors I say.
on amazon 10 bucks for 8 wow
On Amazon
all different colors you pick the 4 you like for 15 bucks cool
love you all thanks for stopping by hugs
all different colors you pick the 4 you like for 15 bucks cool
