I am settled into the weekly Paclitaxel cycle now, with no further incident. But it does feel like a series of groundhog days.
Wednesday afternoon infusion means around 4 hours at the hospital to get through the pre-meds, flushes, steroid and antihistamine infusion, more flushes, chemo, more flush and heparin. Wednesday evening I am ok but have a patchy night’s sleep.
Thursday I am able to go for a swim and a gym class but become increasingly steroid-wired during the day. Sense of taste disappears, I get a bit irrational and weepy, then I barely sleep.
Friday feels less good due to the lack of sleep Taste still gone
Saturday and Sunday I feel like I have been in 5 rounds with Mike Tyson but my taste comes back and I sleep slightly better.
Monday I might be a bit tired but am coming back together and Monday night is the first night I sleep properly
Tuesday, relatively normal except I have to make time for a blood test. Start to get a bit anxious about the chemo, which affects sleep again.
Wednesday morning is normal.
And off I go again Just 6 more weeks of this
Plus my CT scan results still aren’t back
