I'm now one month in and, if the general consensus is to be believed, the fatigue and nausea should soon start to lift. I'm searching for the light at the end of the tunnel because after a month of feeling ill everyday I am beginning to tire of this.
I saw the docs last week - a very nice registrar who said he'd not seen anyone on Rucaparib hammered with fatigue quite so hard. If the onset had not coincided so exactly with starting Rucaparib, he said, they'd need to investigate whether there's another cause such as thyroid. We agreed a dose reduction. I started that on Tuesday night - five days ago now - but so far it's not provided much relief. I have to think back to the first couple of weeks when I needed to sleep twice a day. I'm down to one now but I'm still able to choose one thing to do a day. Anymore and it rebounds.
One lesson from hospital. The routine needs to be bloods, appointment, pick up the next month's supply. Turns out the pharmacy cannot release the drugs until they've checked the blood count for anaemia. The hospital visit on Tuesday lasted three hours.
Sorry. I'm whinging and it's not attractive. I feel a bit sorry for myself today.
