The Second Chemo

Thursday, Oct. 20: Kit is going with me to chemo today. I only have the taxol so it should not take as long. I do the usual: take blood to check everything, see the Dr. then off to the chemo room. Everything went fine untl the end when I was hit with the worst heartburn ever. Right at the end of the taxol, the pain was so bad I didn't know if it was heartburn or my heart. I felt bad enough to call the nurse over and she checked my blood pressure and put some little clip on my finger. I think that checks blood oxygen and heart rate. She told me to stand and see if the pain eases up. It did, so much so that I didn't sit back down. It seemed to get worse if I sat down. She watched me for a little while longer and then gave me some prilosec. I took that immediately. I felt horrible on the way home. Kit dropped me off and I went to bed and slept for an hour and a half. I don't even remember the ride home hardly. Allison called me from work in the middle of my nap to let me know that she was there. I mumbled something to her and her boss, who heard the conversation, said, "is your mom drunk?" I was out of it. I guess the benedryl really knocked me out this time. Late in the afternoon I started the sneezing again. I sneezed, had a runny nose and watery eyes. I took more benedryl and that seemed to help. I guess this is a side effect I am going to have. Oh, after I slept in the afternoon I did feel much better and felt back to normal.