Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Chemo#1 Day#5

I had an okay sleep last night. My mouth is still very sore and now the vein in my left lower arm hurts. I am falling apart and I still have 67 days to reach my half way point. What am I gonna do? I have an appointment with the oncologist this morning so he can examine my mouth. Hopefully he can perform a miracle and make the pain go away. I have a feeling it is not gonna be that easy.

Our cleaning lady comes today. That goodness for her! I do not think that I could manage to do all the housework each week and manage my recovery. That is one less stress that I must deal with.

The doctor said that there was nothing physically wrong with my mouth. All he could advise was for me to use Tylenol and the mouth swish/gargle (sparingly). That did me no good. The tylenol doesn't seem to make a difference and the swish makes me numb. And then there is my vein that is still sore. My plan C is to take Tylenol PM a little bit later and maybe that will dull the pain and allow me to get a good nights sleep. Hopefully this is not wishfull thinking.

I wish to wake up and have the pain be gone. Since Ramon's birthday is tomorrow, my being pain FREE might be a nice present for him.

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