July 19
3:30 woken by pain throughout body, migraine, and indigestion. Sucked on ginger chew. Applied pain rub to left shoulder – it hurts so bad it feels like it’s out of place, but I know it’s not.
4:00 waited until Joe was awake before stirring too much. Took 2 Excedrin migraine and a Gerd pill. Drink water. Everything thing tastes off. Ended up asking Joe for ice pack. Applying to left shoulder. If heat isn’t helping maybe ice will. Least worth a try. I just want to cry .
https://cancer-connection.org/what-we-offer/newly-diagnosed/
Song: Middle of My Storm
Decided to listen to music while reading Bible. Words in songs distracting me from what I’m reading. Switch to instrumental hymns.
Isaiah 41:10; Hosea 1-7; 5:30
sit up to chew a few papaya enzymes and nose rt side starts bleeding. Ugh. Looked up bloody noses during chemo. Apparently, they’re a normal side effect of chemo for some people. Thread on cancer survivor network suggest vitamin E oil applied inside nose in morning and evening. Problem goes away when chemo is done. Much rather do vitamin E oil than vasoline.
Chemo Bloody Nose: Tips to Manage & Prevent During Treatment
5:45 combination of bloody nose and indigestion ended up making me sick to my stomach. Need to try to rehydrate. I don’t want to go down that road again. Icing arm seems to have eased pain a little. Eating popsicle to soothe throat from stomach acid. Cherry pineapple doesn’t that bad. Wish there were healthy popsicle. Will have to research that one. Drinking body armour to help replenish electrolytes.
Ephesians 6:17
7:30 I’m so tired. Think I’ll try to take a nap. Rt eye twitching. Stomach seems to have calmed down some. Still have headache. sinuses congested. Stomach hurts. Lft shoulder, arm, wrist, and hand throbbing. Slept for 1.5 hours. Forcing myself to go get my Rx from Dr office then take to pharmacy. Tummy is upset. Dezirae is taking me.
10:30 think the diarrhea is starting back up. Gagged in car. Gonna need to work harder on getting fluids down. Food is not appealing right now. Stop at pharmacy to get Rx filled. Need to use wheelchair Will take 30 minutes. Ugh. Shop for few groceries to keep me hydrated. Dezirae suggesting that I start wearing my caps with hair down on sides because my hair has thinned out so much you can see my scalp.
11:50 Joe called to check on me. Telling me to drink, drink, drink because the diarrhea is sign of dehydration. Don’t want to go that route again. I’m exhausted from the outing. Able to eat a small bowl of Mac n cheese. Tummy hurts. I feel weak. Chest starting to hurt. Think the costochondritis is flaring up.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22167-costochondritis
July 20
2:00 up to use restroom.
4:30 woken by alarm. Lft shoulder throbbing.
1 John 1:7; Hosea 8-14;
5:00 gagged on phlegm and vomited. Yuck. Slight bloody nose. Thirsty. Decided to get some lemon juice and add it to my water. Applying ice pack to left shoulder to help ease the pain.
Fell back to sleep until just before 8am.
Working on Scripture Journaling while listening to wholetones music.
8:15 Joe called to check on me. Thinks I need different bottled water. I agree. Don’t like the taste of this one.
Decide to try to eat bowl of oatmeal. Could only get 3/4 bowl eaten. Make run to restroom for trots.
Mom came to bring ice chips and check on me. Said she heard I was having trouble staying hydrated.
Put half cup of ice chips in glass and pour bottle of body armour over ice. I’m exhausted and not feeling well. Need to lie down.
9:30 getting indigestion. Take morning meds and vitamins plus lomotil for diarrhea. Laying down. I’m exhausted. Lft shoulder and arm throbbing intensely. Hurts to move it.
Slept for an hour.
12:00 got up to get something to eat. Got distracted because I heard one of the kids say when we get back we’ll have to get ready for tonight. I decided to put dinner in crockpot. Browned meat. Drain fat. Chopped up using ultimate chopper. Added to crockpot. Added spaghetti sauce. Stirred. Added semi cooked noodles. As I was stirring in noodles, entire back started cramping bad. Almost went to the floor in pain. Thankfully, food is in crockpot and I can go lay down.
Costochondritis flaring and hurting fierce too. Took 4 ibuprofen.
Hard to believe that exercise was a bit too much for me. Ugh. Feel like I got knocked down on my butt again. Need to work trying to get myself back on my feet.
It’s storming here making my nerves contract and muscle cramps worse. Going to soak feet in Epsom salt tub. Kids help gather necessary components for me to do so.
7:00 tongue is starting to hurt. Checked tongue in mirror. It’s covered white again with sores. Homemade magic mouthwash didn’t ease pain.
9:00 tummy hurts. Diarrhea back. Ugh.
9:25 kids came to hang out in our room for a bit. It was good, but after a bit I started really hurting.
10:00 taking pain rx and antidiarrheal med.
Thankful for
- Able to spend quality time with family
- Joe did facetime call while at church so church could say hi
