26 August 2023
Ugh! What a night. It went something like this.
25 August 2023
8 pm diarrhea
10:43 p diarrhea took two Imodium AD
11:03 pm diarrhea
26 August 2023
12:17 am diarrhea
2:17 am two Imodium AD
2:39 am diarrhea
6:39 am two Imodium AD
8:20 am diarrhea
I texted Dr. Velez to let him know I’m back on the two Imodium AD every four hours and that I’ll see him Monday morning. I’m pretty exhausted from overdoing it yesterday in the yard and add on top of that getting up every few hours with diarrhea, I don’t think I’m getting much done today. I’ll try to change the sheets and wash a load of clothes but I think house cleaning is going by the wayside. I didn’t even consider a walk this morning.
I had no appetite last night. Finally, around 8 pm I had some ice cream (two scoops of coffee, two scoops of chocolate) and that was pretty much it.
Another strange phenomenon is I seem to be getting pangs all over my body. I kind of equate it to a flash of pain in one location that may go on for a few minutes and then move to another area of the body. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to it and Advil didn’t help it the other night. Also, my joints ache, particularly the joints of my hand. If I cross my legs in bed, my toes go numb. I’m falling apart.
I’m searching for anything I can eat. Most anything I think of, I don’t want. I have a pot of dried black-eyed peas going on the stove at the moment. Why I think I can eat those, I have no idea but I got a craving for them the other day and made sure I bought some at the grocery. Any port in a storm. Of course, I’ll get gassy with the peas to add to the diarrhea.
Just think! I have only eight more weeks of the two drug regimen!
Dr. Velez just texted back to “Keep up with it.” Not that I have a choice. He suggested he will prescribe another pill called Budesonide which is a steroidal anti-inflammatory for the colon. He’ll send it over as soon as he gets computer access. Pretty soon and I’ll be able to open my own pharmacy. There goes my morning grapefruit. I’ll miss that.
With all the drugs, I’m not sure my body knows what “normal” is any more. The Imodium AD dosage gives me the jitters. I’ll be curious to see that the next chemo round does to me. One hope I do have is Thursday Dr. Burgers may clear me for yoga and swimming. If yesterday taught me anything, it’s I need to work on building my stamina.
Stay tuned!
