I am going to be so glad when I'm done with this crap. She couldn't get into the vein in my elbow again and ended up going into the back of my right hand, which was just throbbing the whole time. No infiltration (leaking out of the vein) this time, but it wasn't pleasant either. And having a needle in the back of your hand makes it hard to do anything like type or play solitaire on my phone, so I was in pain and bored more than usual. Wah.
The rest of it is a mix of good and bad. I got to the gym a couple more times, but not as much as I wanted because I've been having major back pain that felt like Neulasta, but it was lasting longer than anybody thought possible, so I had to go get it x-rayed. Good thing: I do not have new cancer in the bones in my lower back. Bad thing: I do have a couple of degenerative discs. Yay? At least that means I can keep doing pilates - any core work that strengthens the back will help with the pain and should help slow down the damage, and for now the pain is probably from the Neulasta. Which is a bummer because it basically means I'll be feeling it for the next couple of months and will need to spend most of the wedding day sitting down.
I forgot to ask for my numbers today, but I think I'm slipping into anemia again - I've been taking my iron supplements regularly, but at some point chemo just takes out more than you can possibly get back in. So now I'm back to feeling not-quite-awake for most of the day, which sucks. I've got pilates tomorrow (steroid high should support that) and then I'll crash Friday and Saturday and try to get back to the gym Sunday evening.
I've also decided to go off the neurontin. I gained another 9 pounds in the last couple of weeks. I am now terrified that the wedding dress I bought that fit fine a few weeks ago won't zip. I stepped down to 300 mg (one pill) last Friday night and expect tonight to be the last one I take. The neuropathy has come back a bit in my feet and hands. I might reconsider neurontin again in the future, when I have a better handle on my workouts and have seen an endocrinologist, but really only for the neuropathy. It doesn't seem to be working for any of the other stuff I was theoretically taking it for anyway.
I think that's all of it. Tomorrow is neulasta, pilates, and an appointment with the shrink to tell him the neurontin isn't working for me. The weekend will be spent sleeping off the worst of all of it and reading in bed.
The rest of it is a mix of good and bad. I got to the gym a couple more times, but not as much as I wanted because I've been having major back pain that felt like Neulasta, but it was lasting longer than anybody thought possible, so I had to go get it x-rayed. Good thing: I do not have new cancer in the bones in my lower back. Bad thing: I do have a couple of degenerative discs. Yay? At least that means I can keep doing pilates - any core work that strengthens the back will help with the pain and should help slow down the damage, and for now the pain is probably from the Neulasta. Which is a bummer because it basically means I'll be feeling it for the next couple of months and will need to spend most of the wedding day sitting down.
I forgot to ask for my numbers today, but I think I'm slipping into anemia again - I've been taking my iron supplements regularly, but at some point chemo just takes out more than you can possibly get back in. So now I'm back to feeling not-quite-awake for most of the day, which sucks. I've got pilates tomorrow (steroid high should support that) and then I'll crash Friday and Saturday and try to get back to the gym Sunday evening.
I've also decided to go off the neurontin. I gained another 9 pounds in the last couple of weeks. I am now terrified that the wedding dress I bought that fit fine a few weeks ago won't zip. I stepped down to 300 mg (one pill) last Friday night and expect tonight to be the last one I take. The neuropathy has come back a bit in my feet and hands. I might reconsider neurontin again in the future, when I have a better handle on my workouts and have seen an endocrinologist, but really only for the neuropathy. It doesn't seem to be working for any of the other stuff I was theoretically taking it for anyway.
I think that's all of it. Tomorrow is neulasta, pilates, and an appointment with the shrink to tell him the neurontin isn't working for me. The weekend will be spent sleeping off the worst of all of it and reading in bed.
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