About two weeks ago...something with my machine went terribly wrong. Instead of giving me my chemo over a period of two days..i received the chemo in one hour. I started to feel stomach pain, but thought i was okay. My doctor thought differently thats why he told me to go to the ER. So, I went to the ER & i still thought i was fine until they moved me a couple hours later into the observation unit. There i started to throw up, my throat hurt so bad it was hard to speak. I threw up & continued to stay in the observation unit for 4 days. I got better & was moved to the cancer unit, stayed there for a day or two & was released. I went home still unable to eat well, but i felt a lot better & I stopped throwing up. My lab works looked really good which surprised me &my doctor. But one Monday i went back to do lab work & that afternoon i received a call to go to the hospital because my blood counts were very low. I needed a platelet transfusion. I got to the hospital & felt weak & sick all over again. My eye was so swollen from a zit that got infected & my body couldn't fight the infection. My left ear was in severe pain & my throat hurt so bad i could barely swallow my own saliva! So a week in the hospital...tons of antibiotics through IV & pill form...two platelet transfusions..two red blood cell shots & five white blood cell shots..Also an overnight in the ICU because of low blood pressure..but i am finally out! Hopefully this wednesday on my follow-up i get to find out if i can recieve chemo again..because my date to leave back home is pushed back..& i am not so happy about that. Oh did..i mention my hair finally fell off...i had a mental break down...okay a couple mental break downs at the hospital..but i think i have it so much better then other people & i am lucky to even be alive right now.. I just pray everything goes smoothly from here on out..& i get to go back home to my baby girl & love.
ps. sorry..i haven't been updating lately..but i hope this post will keep you all up to speed with me! Thank you again for all your support & prayers
with love, BA
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