I have not been feeling well for the last couple of weeks. I have received emails and texts asking if everything is ok since I have not written much for 13 days. I only have 6 more radiation treatments left. Last week it was my fake birthday, and my kids made sure to mention that in the celebration. I received three cakes last week. Melanie ordered one of the cakes from The Cake Guy in May, he books up really quick, I had a Red Velvet cake and a Crepe Cake that a friend ordered for me. They were all delicious and that week I had cake for breakfast every day. Things started to go bad on July 23rd, where my treatment was 1 hr delayed. I had mentioned that when that happens it results in me not having food or liquid for 4 hrs. When this happens I generally lose a couple of pounds. Then over the course of the weekend I had a migraine since I had stopped taking my migraine medication. That was a bad idea. It was manageable over the weekend and Monday the treatment was fine. On Tuesday my migraine was really bad and treatment was late. This was a very bad combination for me and it was so bad that I could not drive home. I had to call Melanie to come pick me up. I was in tears during the treatment because I had trouble dealing with the pain from my migraines. When I have my migraines my senses are elevated where every scent is magnified. The hospital is noisy and bright, so the combination of smells, lights and noise was quite unbearable for me. This week I have had to be driven into treatment each day.
When we got home on Tuesday Mel called the Cancer Center and scheduled an appointment with the nurses. They had wanted me to see a nurse on Tuesday but I just wanted to go home and rest. I do not want to be at the hospital when I have a migraine. I would take the cancer treatments over migraines any day of the week. I realized that I can not handle a migraine and treatment though. It is too much. On Wednesday when I was done treatment we saw my doctor talking in the hallway. He asked how I was and Melanie gave him a look and he wrapped up his conversation and came over to see me right away. He ordered hydration for me and took care of me right away. Interestingly enough from the blood work that I had done on Monday and Tuesday, my medical oncologist realized that I was dehydrated as well and had scheduled a home care nurse to come to our house to give me an IV at home. Melanie was telling me how the IV will make me feel so much better. What she does not realize though is that people struggle a lot to get the IV line in. It took them 90 minutes this time and they got it in after the 5th try. It is not a pleasant experience for me. I ended up being at the hospital that day until about 4:30. I had it again in the hospital on Thursday and had the nurse come hook it up for me at home on Friday and will continue to have it for 5 more days. It is helping a bit, but I am still struggling with caloric intake. I will provide some more updates in the next couple of days.