It's time once again to spin the Wheel...of...Side Effects! Don Pardo, tell us what we've won.
"It's itchiness, Dave, in addition to the nausea, cramping and other intestinal ailments!"
Rats. I was hoping for the $39 ceramic dog, or at least being able to take the rest on a gift certificate.
All in all, things are going fairly well. Cheryl's not loopy but pretty tired from all the meds she's getting, but is a perfect 9 for 9 on IL-2 doses. I've slathered a boatload of some kind of oatmeal-based lotion on Cheryl to hopefully relieve the itchiness (because hydrocortisone is bad, but, wait a minute...oatmeal? When did oatmeal relieve itching? It there nothing this wonder grain can't do?)
Powerful stuff, that oat bran.
Right now, Cheryl is half-dozing while she gets a saline drip in preparation of dose #10 this afternoon. There's so many IV bags, empty and otherwise, hanging from the IV whatchamadoozit that it looks like a Christmas tree. No, really, Santa, you shouldn't have.
Unrelated Note To Anything: You know you are getting old when you like getting socks for Christmas.
I was hoping to have an article done for Star City this week, but between tending to the ailing wife and lack of testing resources, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. So, Craig, if you're reading this, I really do have a good excuse for missing my deadline; the cancer ate it. Plus, Cheryl's computer (which I'm using at present) is really annoying to use as the right shift key, Enter key and up arrow key are so close together I keep hitting one instead of the other.
The things I have to go through, I swear.
Lunch just arrived, so you know what that means: I get to bogart Cheryl's ice cream.
What? We can always get more...
Dave
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2 comments:
Davc - Thanks for keeping up with the blog and keeping us updated. Although the side effects are just awful, it's encouraging that Cheryl is feeling well enough to receive all the scheduled treatments so far. We're all pulling for both of you here in Orofino.
Jennefer
Dave -
Your neices and nephews are all familiar with oatmeal baths...great remedy for chicken pox and poison oak. And, yes, its way better than hydrocortisone!!
We are all thinking about you and Cheryl every day. We are hoping to see her at Mom and Dad's before her next treatment and I'm sure I will talk with her next week when the dreaded side effects have lessened to some extent.
Take care...
Kris :)
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