Last Friday morning I noticed a rash on my hands, on my chest, and on my legs.. Called the doctor.. they asked me to stop by so they could look at it. I did, they looked at my rash, and the Dr. thinks it is a reaction to Taxol :(.. She prescribed steroids, pepcid and benadryl. Said that usually they can keep these reactions under control, and that would be our goal for my case so I could complete the full 12 weeks as planned originally. Needless to say I was not too happy on Friday.. The possibility of not finishing the chemo made me upset. I had read on another BC survivors blog something like this: "having to get chemo is bad, but one thing that is worse than getting chemo is, not being able to get chemo!". I was also upset because benadryl really makes me tired and out of it.
Thankfully, after less than 12 hours of taking those medications, I woke up Saturday morning clear of the rash. Spent 4.5 hrs on Saturday sleeping/napping. Boy, that felt good! and I had no trouble falling asleep later that night. Dan and I managed to get a dinner out, in open air, with live music (thanks to my mom for taking care of the girls), and then we watched a movie when we got back home. That hadn't happened for months, and I am not joking. The good thing is that I sleep quite well with the benadryl at nights, and in the mornings, I take half dose first and the other half after noon and it doesn't make me so sleepy.
We'll see what they will do this week in terms of pre-meds.. After this Thursday I will be halfway done with Taxol, yuppie!
School is almost done. I have to prepare 2 finals, grade 3 exams, determine final grades, and then I am DONE!
Thinking of you canim... as for the juicing issue, a friend of the family is also going through the same and she juices green fruit and vegetables one day and orange and red ones the next... kocaman sarildim, optum...
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