Hormones, Headaches & Nausea Yesterday, well it started out ok, took the tablets on time, waited for a break in the weather and did the trip to Tesco's. I seem to be getting slower and slower at walking back....as the week wears on I wear out!!!! The weather was pretty ghastly no hanging out of laundry....huge gusts of wind interspersed with showers....didn't want to be running in and out to get the washing or chasing it up the street! Lara came home around lunchtime from her sleepover at my sisters and Sean went off swimming making the most of his last day before the new school year.
I must be bloody unlucky, my monthly cycle has decided to co-incide with my chemo cycle......and I usually suffer pretty bad with it so add a little moodiness, cramps, headaches & hormones to the tiredness and nausea of the chemo (oh and throw in a little constipation for good luck) and you can imagine my day. Oh and the fact I am "mrs 28 days" means it will clash for the entire 6 months of treatment - yaaaaaaaaaay me!
As the afternoon progressed the nausea intensified to the point I went and took some Domperidon, I had made it to day 3 before having to take anything for it, so I should be pretty pleased with myself. I cooked the dinner, teriyaki chicken and we had it in wraps with salad. I don't know how I stood there cooking with the waves of nausea constantly washing over me. By 7.30pm I was one moody cow....everytime the kids bickered, I snapped and then I got cross with the hubby, can't remember why now but he managed to piss me off too LOL
People who have followed my blogs know that when I get like this, I retreat to my bedroom with a book. Well even that pissed me off.......got to the end of the book and the hero was left falling into an abyss, I calmed down somewhat after reading some notes after that said there will be a follow on book, just as there was a pre-quel (which I will now have to hunt down). So that book finished and my mood not improving nor the nausea, I took another two Domperidon and started Deception Point by Dan Brown. I decided to try and get some sleep around 9.30pm but had to laugh at Ollie lying on my bed growling at "himself" in the mirrored door of our wardrobes lol
Sleep did not come easy, I woke around 1.15am with severe cramps, let the dogs out cos I had disturbed them and went back to bed. Couldn't sleep, couldn't get comfy so opened the window - bad move! Dexter is afraid of the wind and as it was howling through our wooden blinds he was trying to climb the walls, which woke Tony - who got up and slammed the window shut! I tossed and turned for what seemed like an eternity when suddenly Tony's alarm was going off and I had to get up as it was Lara's first day at secondary school.
Thought for yesterday:
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
Anais Nin
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Regarding your monthly...would you/the docs consider hormonal treatment to stop your menses during your chemo treatment? It doesn't have to be permanent, just until the chemo is finished for now. One less thing for you to worry about. And I find lots and lots of water helps keep the constipation at bay...lots of veges, fruits, and a wonderful over the counter drug called Miralax here in the states. It doesn't allow water to be absorbed in the intestines...as usual, check with your MD first to make sure it is okay. My docs give it their blessings as the usual stuff, Senna and Colace bloat me. The good thing about having bad days is that they don't last. Sometimes a nap does a body good...and when you wake up it is like a new dawn. Feel better. I think of you often...xo
Doesn't quite have the same ring as "Sleepless in Seattle" does it? I'm "Sleepless in Banstead"... but wherever it is.... it's a pain and I do sympathise. I disturbed my beloved so much we ended up in separate bedrooms so at least one of us gets a good night of sleep. As to your dog being scared of the howling wind, I once used to have a large Golden Retriever who was normally as brave as a lion, not the least fazed by gunfire, or any loud bangs but was terrified of thunder storms. He turned into a quivering jelly and would try and sit on my lap until the storm passed.
Blimey - that is bad luck that all the worst kind of afflictions fall on the same day - I have to warn you too .... not sure Deception Point will do anything to improve your disappointing book blues! Anyway, sending you big sympathetic hugs as completely understand the monthly moody cow syndrome and can only imagine how much worse it must be when you are also undergoing treatment. Normally I don't profess to know anything helpful or offer any possible remedies, but I must mention pumpkin seeds - as the worst kind of Devil Woman straight from Hell when I am in the PMT zone (A will testify to the accuracy of this) I have recently seen a massive improvement in all things bloated/headache/nausea/big mood related - apparently toasted pumpkin seeds (which I sprinkle on my breakfast) are rich in Zinc - something that is found in large quantities to have great implications for PMT - something's certainly worked. Well, either that or a couple of bars of Green & Black's - but that might not work so well with the nausea! ;-) Hope you're feeling a bit better and that all goes well on Lara's first day.
Poor you sounds like you have had a bit of a nightmare. It must be hard juggling a family with all you have going on. You are ding a terrific job. Good luck and well done at the same time.
I can sympathise with the moody cow bit, I used to be terrible before my hysterectomy, now I just have to put up with my 2 daughters!!!! my hubby certainly knows when to take 'a quick sharp exit'
I hope tomorrow is better, p.s. I got MOVOCOL from my GP for constipation because of all meds.
