Lets see where to begin. After my last chemo, I reach my breaking point of no energy. My doctor took me off work for almost two weeks. I was completely exhausted and spent many days in bed with zero energy, only getting up to drink broth and use the bathroom. That last chemo "bites you" !
My arm and hand continues to swell, so after a cat scan and ultrasound found no blood clots, the Dr. decided to remove my port to see if that would solve the problem. Removing the port did help, but the arm continues to swell on and off still. I am now on Lasik (water pills) twice a day until who knows when. The doctor hopes my body will eventually regulate and stop retaining so much fluid. I also have fluid on my lungs that was discovered from the cat scan I had. During that cat scan, I also found out I am allergic to iodine. I broke out in huge hives all over my body, they had to adminster lots of benadryl, steroids and almost had to use the epi-pen on me. It took about an hour for the hives to start to decrease in size and slowly start to go away. And I thought things would go smoothly after my last chemo, HA !
I went back to work on 11/07 and my energy level is much better. I actually feel like a person again and not a sleeping zombie. I also started my radiation on Monday 11/07 and this will be 5 days a week for 6 weeks straight. There's really nothing to it and after all I have been through, radiation is a complete breeze.
I will have a cat scan in another few weeks to see if the fluid in my lungs has went away. If it has not, then they will be sticking a needle in my lungs to drain the fluid. Not really my idea of a fun day, so hopefully the fluid will go away soon and I won't have to go through this process.
I will blog again when I have more news to share with you.
xoxoxox Sandy
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