by Rhonda McAnulty on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 7:26am
Woke up about 3 :30, back to sleep until 5:30, a bit of nausea some teeth pain took a tons of pills and now feel very drousy. Elizabeth started Day care Monday so this will help. :) I love my babies so much!
For those wondering what the actual chemo is like...There's this room filled with big reclinging medical chair, each has 2 pillows. There are about 8 chairs. Each patient has 2 pillows and the nurses bring you as many warm blankets as you like. As soon as the nurses get your orders to procede, they start you anti-nausea medicines and we wait for those to kick in and the pharmacy to send down the chemo drugs which are adminstered intraveniously, one at a time for different variations of time. This last time I was dozing off as they started the medicine. When they as me my first and last name I almost said "Rhonda Bauchman". The first round takes the longest and it gets shorter there, so I started at 8:30 and would've ended at 2:30 but was waiting on lunch. I usually as whoever is with me is welcome to leave and come back in a few hours since I have trouble sleeping with people watching. I slept until I had only 20 minutes left on my drug! So the actual administration is well, I'm drowsy. But it's the antisipation leading up to that I really have to watch my heart and mind and capture every thought. Being careful not to fall into the pitfall of "What about next time..." Living in this moment! What can I do at this moment. What will bring God's glory and what will bring me His joy? These are the things I want to use my energy on. Okay folks 7:30A. Time to sign off, love you all. Rhonda
For those wondering what the actual chemo is like...There's this room filled with big reclinging medical chair, each has 2 pillows. There are about 8 chairs. Each patient has 2 pillows and the nurses bring you as many warm blankets as you like. As soon as the nurses get your orders to procede, they start you anti-nausea medicines and we wait for those to kick in and the pharmacy to send down the chemo drugs which are adminstered intraveniously, one at a time for different variations of time. This last time I was dozing off as they started the medicine. When they as me my first and last name I almost said "Rhonda Bauchman". The first round takes the longest and it gets shorter there, so I started at 8:30 and would've ended at 2:30 but was waiting on lunch. I usually as whoever is with me is welcome to leave and come back in a few hours since I have trouble sleeping with people watching. I slept until I had only 20 minutes left on my drug! So the actual administration is well, I'm drowsy. But it's the antisipation leading up to that I really have to watch my heart and mind and capture every thought. Being careful not to fall into the pitfall of "What about next time..." Living in this moment! What can I do at this moment. What will bring God's glory and what will bring me His joy? These are the things I want to use my energy on. Okay folks 7:30A. Time to sign off, love you all. Rhonda
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