For the past 48 hours I've felt pretty flattened. I have ondansetron and therapeutic sound frequencies to help with the nausea, but that still leaves me flat on my back, limp as a wet rag, and uninterested in ever doing anything again.
The fact that I am writing this post (though from a horizontal position) is indicative of light at the end of the tunnel, I very much hope. They do say that chemo after-effects mostly clear up after about two days.
Meanwhile, I have worried my cat, Hekla. She's been spending a lot of time staring at me in concern. She is not at all sure that the food that other people put in her bowl is actually the same stuff as what I feed her. Her little world has been upended.
So has mine, Hekla, so has mine!
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| Hekla is worried. |
I checked your blog about an hour ago in vain, but figured that the chemo would naturally keep you from posting for several days. So I was happy to see Gita's FB post and link to this update, with glimmers of light in the tunnel, and very happy to hear that the chemo is now doing its work! If it makes you feel that bad, just imagine what it's doing to the cancer :-)
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DeleteI understand how Hekla is feeling. But instead of anxious staring and fasting, I would recommend she try giving a palliative kneading massage or acting as a targeted body-warmer. Maybe the resident cat whisperer can give her some guidance?
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