Not too much to report so far this cycle. Days 1 and 2 went pretty well. Day 2 overnight my coughing and lung pain seemed to get worse. My doctor thinks the coughing is due to the blood clots in my lungs. I think it's the Bleomycin because the cough started after day 2 last cycle and got worse after day 2 this cycle. And I get Bleomycin on days 2, 9 and 16. Then again I'm not an oncologist.
My nausea has also started, it kicked in yesterday around the same time as it did last cycle. I managed to eat some soup for supper yesterday evening and the nausea drugs seem to be keeping the worst of the nausea at bay. They should I guess, I'm up to 5 different types that I take throughout the day along with a steroid.
And I can feel the chemo brain creeping in along with the taste of the chemo in my mouth. I can't describe the taste. You would think it would taste metallic considering the chemo drugs are basically heavy metals, but it just tastes like my mouth is coated in blah.
Long story short, I could be better and I could be worse. I will spend a big chunk of the long weekend getting my chemo, hydration and antibiotics. I had hoped that labour day weekend was going to be my last long weekend spent at Cancer Care but I guess not. This should really be my last long weekend spent there. That's it for now, Happy Thanksgiving!
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