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Thanks, all. I had my first chemo treatment yesterday since before I left for Europe in April. I was having problems last week with my swollen lymph nodes, in that I could eat maybe half of what I normally would, and it felt so crowded inside that it hurt and I had to stop eating. After Saturday, it got better and I have been able to eat my normal portions with no pains. Also, I am coughing less and it hurts less when I do. Somehow, I feel like there is more room in my abdomen and that my liver is not as large, either.
I told the nurse practitioner about it and she raised an eyebrow, listened to my lungs and said they sound " a lot better than last time." She felt around my abdomen and asked if this hurt, and if that hurt. No, no, no pains. Eyebrow went up again. "Well... good," she said. So then I went and had my trio of chemo bags and left with the pump which is slowly giving me 120 ml of folfiri or something like that, over a course of 46 hours.
Last night after 11 pm, I came as close to throwing up as possible. I sat with the raaalf bucket in hand, took my anti-nausea med and had the pre-puke drools. I physically willed myself not to puke, even though I felt my gut well up and get ready to launch my dinner. After 10 or 15 minutes, the atavan kicked in and I went to bed. The first time I was on this regimen, I never felt like I was going to throw up, but I had some nausea. I think it is since I have been on other stuff that my body is readjusting to this treatment and I will be okay with it soon. I have to get a late breakfast and take several pills now.
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