One Week Post Chemo Follow-up

Today Steve had his one week post chemotherapy appointment to go over any side effects he has had, blood work to make sure everything is in balance and physical examine to watch for any red flags. In Steve’s words day 2-4 SUCKED! He was nauseated, extremely fatigued and got mouth sores. This weekend I felt so helpless. He was so sick and I tried everything to make him feel better and all he would say is “I don’t know how much more I can take of this. I am sick of being sick!” Come Monday he was improving drastically. Yesterday was the BEST I have seen him in months! This is a huge relief because now he knows there will be bad days while treatment continues but they all won’t be bad. So for his side effects she was glad to hear he only had to take two pills for nausea and nothing else. She is going to change his prescription for the nausea to give him something that will control that but also maybe help with the fatigue also that he will only take the two days post chemo. She thinks this will help more since the other drug helps the nausea but it also causes drowsiness which doesn’t go good with the fatigue he is already fighting. For the mouth sores we got those under control really quick with warm salt water so she stated to continue that day 2-5 after treatment to try an avoid getting them at all. Overall he really didn’t have any major side effects that a lot of people deal with. Blood work looks great. His blood work showed that his red blood cells are already back to the normal range so he is good to have his next treatment next week, but they will check his blood work again just prior to make sure nothing changed from this week to next week. Upon his physical examine she stated that she can already feel the individual lymph nodes in his neck compared to one mass running down the side of his neck to his collar bone. Last Steve stated he has not had any night sweats since treatment has started. All of these are great signs that his body is responding positively. As for now he is feeling a lot better and excited to have a good week and enjoy time with his sister, niece and nephew who are coming in town this week! YEAH!