Chemo Journal-Day 2

September 13-Day 2

So, this morning I jumped out of bed glad to be finally free of my fish bowl feeling and I hit the ground running.  After calling my nursing friend extraordinaire, April, to administer my Neulasta painlessly-Sorry Mel I do love you,but I just had to call in a professional.  “This is great,” I thought,  “Maybe I’ll be one of the lucky ones with little to no side effects.  Surely on the day after treatment I shouldn’t feel bad anyway, right?”  WRONG.  After my shower, sweep through the house, and a Wal-mart run, I literally couldn’t make it to my house, so I stopped by my mom’s office and crashed on her couch for about 30 minutes.  Once I pried myself off of her couch, I came home and crashed again on my couch.  (disclaimer:  I have never once in all my years, have ever taken a nap on my couch, alone in my house without one of my children.)  I finally jumped up to check on the time.  2:30!  Mary Clare gets out of school at 2:15!  I jumped up, zoomed to school and gathered my chicks.  As typical, Mary Clare fell asleep in the car and McCanless and I tackled homework in peace once we arrived at home.  Mom came by to get MC for dance  at 4:45 and McCanless went with them.  Whew!  I was able to sit for a minute again.  Thankfully, we’ve had such gracious friends offer dinner each night, which has been such a huge help. What a blessing!  The girls are in the bed, Mel’s at a City council meeting and I’m just about to crash once again!

Overall Day 2: No nausea! No nausea meds! No pain meds! Hair still intact!  (I did take my Claritin for the Neulasta, however.)  Happy that my spirits are up. Thankful for gracious and thoughtful friends who surround me with love and support.  Bummed that I couldn’t do as much as I would like to have done.  Realization that my good days on chemo are not the same as my good days NOT on chemo.  Lesson learned.