Not a very good day today. I slept okay (and a lot) last night and woke up feeling pretty good, and David gave me a ride to work. The work day started okay. I have been having that chemo side effect where food doesn't really taste right which pisses me off mostly because it means I don't even get to really (really) enjoy my morning coffee. It just doesn't taste like it should. Anyway, soon into the morning I began having diarrhea which lasted basically all day. I think that tired me out further than I already was. And some bone/joint pain, too. Because of this end of year "crisis" at work, I ended up staying until after 3:30, and I'm sure that tired me out more. David picked me up, too, but by the time I got home, I was not feeling so swell. I actually took a pain pill about an hour ago - the real deal, not just Motrin - I figured if it causes constipation, that might offset the diarrhea, and it does seem to have helped with the joint/bone pain. I'm wondering if the diarrhea is from the chemo or just from the weird stuff that I ate over the past couple of days. I'm wondering how my blood counts will be on Wed - I go a day early this time because the Cancer Center closes early on Thursday for New Year's Eve. Maybe I'm just fighting off a virus, a plain old stomach flu or something.
Anyway, I'm hoping today is the hump day and I really turn a corner tomorrow. The disability insurance company did approve the extension of my disability leave through March 15 and approved my working 6 hours (versus 4 hours), starting tomorrow. Since I worked more than 6 today, I'm hoping to work 4 tomorrow or Wednesday and possibly even take Thursday off since I still have vacation days and stand to lose some of them if I don't take them this year.
Going to bed to let the pain med do its magic.
Peace.
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