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I have a fever. I hit 100.5, which means having to call the after-hours on-call line. They want me to wait another 1/2 hour and take temp again. If it gets worse, then I'll have to go to ER.

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MEDICAL UPDATE: Ok so here's how we'll do this. Here is a sheet which contains side effects possible with Gemcitabine (Gemzar), which first chemo drug up in the new chemo protocol I've just begun.

To see a larger version.of it, go to Chemocare.com, and use the search function to look up Gemcitabine.

Now, out of all those possible side effects, here ( Read more... )

MEDICAL UPDATE: Well, I fell asleep during chemo today. (Day 1, week 1 with Gemcitabine/Gemzar only today.) And my mother was worried because I wasn't breathing properly in my sleep. (Note: my mother is an RN, so she sometimes will spot things that the layperson won't.)

Mother told the nurse that was doing my chemo, A, of her concern. And A put one ( Read more... )

MEDICAL UPDATE: I saw the doc today at SCCA. I start chemo with the new chemo drugs at 8am tomorrow.

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MEDICAL UPDATE: I have been asked for further details about the type of chemo protocol I'll be starting soon. I have a couple links, from info sheets I was given at the oncologist's office. These are from Chemocare.com

http://chemocare.com/chemotherapy/drug-info/ ( Read more... )

MEDICAL UPDATE: I went to SCCA today for a lab draw, Zometa infusion (bone strengthening med), social worker, and patient education. (While I was there, a nurse from Palliative Care touched base, and she will have scheduler call me tomorrow.)

Lab draw and Zometa were boring like they usually are.

They raised my Fentanyl (pain patch) from 75mcg up to ( Read more... )

MEDICAL UPDATE: Ok so what was going on, right?

Think of my pain levels, for a moment, like a bank statement. I was in the negative (very deeply in the negative!!), meaning I was hurting crazy-bad.

Going into the ER meant they could use heavier pain killers to bring me back up into the positive (little or no pain).

What they used was Dilauded (a ( Read more... )

MEDICAL UPDATE: At UW hospital. Pain reared its ugly head. They are giving me more Dilauded by IV, as well as a med called Toradol.

I'm on a bit of oxygen which is a little annoying.

I only got a few hours of sleep last night so I'll crash for a while.

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MEDICAL UPDATE: I'm still in some pain and have been pretty consistent with the last several doses of pain meds. We're getting ready to go to the hospital now, at dark:45AM (also known as 4:45AM).

Thanks for all the prayers!

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MEDICAL UPDATE: Just had an episode of the hot, searing pain tearing through my leg again. Happened just before midnight. I'm conferring with my mother about it. I may be going in to UW Hospital tonight.

EDIT: I spoke with my mother. She wants me to wake at 3am to take more pain meds. And then we will go to hospital at 6am.

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