As you saw from my post the other day, I have not been feeling well lately. Boy, howdy, was I not feeling well. But now I'm feeling a bit better. Why you ask? A trip to the outpatient clinic at Gritman Hospital and a nice infusion of hydration and anti-nauseal drugs. Aaahh.
Let me tell ya, though, it took forever to get this set up. Because all of my treatment has been focused in Portland, I have no clue what resources there are here in Moscow. If I'm dehydrated, what do I do??? I'm 400 miles from the infusion clinic at the Oregon Clinic. I have only been to my primary care physician here in Moscow twice. I've been to the oncologist in Lewiston once. So how do I get about getting what I need to make me feel better while not in Portland? After having a rough weekend, and a rough early week, I called the nurse's line at the Oregon Clinic to try to get someone to write orders for hydration here in Moscow. But I had no answers for them as to where to go. My bad. Out of town doctors can write orders for medical needs at private clinics, but not at local hospital outpatient clinics like we have here in Moscow. You need to have privileges at that particular hospital. Therefore, the Oregon Clinic had to send orders to my primary care physician, who then wrote his own orders to get me in for hydration at the hospital. SIGH. It took 24 hours to get it set up, and I finally got in yesterday. Two hours at the hospital, and I definitely felt better. Last night I even ate a bit of dinner (mmmm...split pea soup from a can).
What this fiasco has taught me is to get myself educated! I need to talk with more people, and my PCP, and the oncologist in Lewiston, to see what identify what they can do for me in the area. Especially since I'm only going to Portland every 3 weeks now.
Today I'm doing a bit better. I'm eating crackers, drinking Powerade, and have only hurled once, and that was early after drinking an Ensure shake. I think my body does not like Ensure. I'm gonna take a break from them for a while.
Other than that, no new news. My next appt in Portland is June 12. Oh, and the new treatment drug's name is IPILIMUMAB. I-pili-moo-mab. I think. ;)
Cheryl
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Ohhh! Good one. Don't think it'll help me much. Luckily, the nurses at the clinic shorten it to "Ipi", so we'll go with that.
Cheryl
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