LAST TREATMENT

On December 15th, I went through the routine one last time. I brought my daughter with me who was home from college. I was so excited knowing this was it! The only difference was I asked my doctor if there was some way I could either enhance or change the anti-nausea drugs to see if I could get a better handle on the churning stomach. He did! He added on a powerful drug at the very beginning that would make me very sleepy and have amnesia. He asked if that would be a problem. Hmm… let’s see no memory of my last treatment…no, I don’t think so.

Well, he was right. After it was over, my daughter and I went to lunch to celebrate, or so I was told. One of my sons called and we talked for about a half an hour. I called him the next day to let him know how things went, he just laughed. All I can say was I had no nausea, little memory, and slept like the dead. I wish I had spoken up from the very beginning.

Still, it was a tough week, lots of queasiness and the good old reaction to the shot. I think it wouldn’t have been so bad if I hadn’t been trying so hard to feel well enough to attend various Christmas activities and get caught up on my very long list. Luckily I didn’t over do it, the body wouldn’t let me. I did much better the week of Christmas. I was able to do some shopping and put together our usual Christmas feast. Luckily our kids are older and understood what I had been through. They were helpful and didn’t expect the usual.