Day 15: Local Follow-up
This morning we had to get ready for our follow-up appointment with Dr. Park at 10am and that's when things started off a little rocky. For whatever reason, I got nauseous in the shower while I was washing my hair and well, I won't go into a lot of detail, but needless to say, it wasn't pretty. Afterwards, I felt like hell, and just overall stricken with the desire to lay down and sleep. 
But we soon got rolling, and we were out of the doctor's office by 11:30. My white blood cell counts have dropped to pretty low levels, and that was expected, but my red blood cells and hemoglobins are doing good. In fact, their levels have actually risen since I was in Chicago. Dr. Park pretty much instructed me to keep doing what I've been doing. (Eating right, walking around when I can, and allowing for plenty of rest.) All of which, I've been doing with extreme precision. The only real problem I'm having is trying to figure when I'm really hungry or if my stomach's upset. All of my inner workings are messed up and are trying to reset themselves.
It seems like towards the end of the day, moreso in the late afternoon hours, I feel almost human again. Like I could get up and walk around the block, or do something in my basement. My body soon reminds me that I can't, just yet...but it's those moments that are keeping me going...keeping wanting more of those normal life moments. It's truly amazing what we learn to take for granted any more.
Tomorrow, I'll go into what drugs they have me on and what they're doing to my body. Sound like fun?? Let's just say, I'll never give another woman a hard time about mood-swings or hormone levels EVER again. 
Day 15: Local Follow-up
This morning we had to get ready for our follow-up appointment with Dr. Park at 10am and that's when things started off a little rocky. For whatever reason, I got nauseous in the shower while I was washing my hair and well, I won't go into a lot of detail, but needless to say, it wasn't pretty. Afterwards, I felt like hell, and just overall stricken with the desire to lay down and sleep.
But we soon got rolling, and we were out of the doctor's office by 11:30. My white blood cell counts have dropped to pretty low levels, and that was expected, but my red blood cells and hemoglobins are doing good. In fact, their levels have actually risen since I was in Chicago. Dr. Park pretty much instructed me to keep doing what I've been doing. (Eating right, walking around when I can, and allowing for plenty of rest.) All of which, I've been doing with extreme precision. The only real problem I'm having is trying to figure when I'm really hungry or if my stomach's upset. All of my inner workings are messed up and are trying to reset themselves.
It seems like towards the end of the day, moreso in the late afternoon hours, I feel almost human again. Like I could get up and walk around the block, or do something in my basement. My body soon reminds me that I can't, just yet...but it's those moments that are keeping me going...keeping wanting more of those normal life moments. It's truly amazing what we learn to take for granted any more.
Tomorrow, I'll go into what drugs they have me on and what they're doing to my body. Sound like fun?? Let's just say, I'll never give another woman a hard time about mood-swings or hormone levels EVER again.
Looking forward to reading all about your drugs! Have you asked about medicinal weed? Could be fun!
ReplyDeleteOk, WE are going to hold you to that last paragraph.
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