Comments | winkie_woo: Anybody Know?

winkie_woo

Anybody Know?

Jan 19, 2009 16:18

How long do chemotherapy drugs stay in your system after you've stopped taking them??
How long until all of the side effects are finally gone?

I'm sick of being sick.
I want my hair to stop falling out.
I just want this crap over with so I can get back to my life!!!!

Yeah...really REALLY bad day here.

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kibbles January 19 2009, 23:07:55 UTC

You have an 800 number to call nurses on your insurance card?

winkie_woo January 20 2009, 00:11:24 UTC

No, but I just talked to my cousin. She's a trauma nurse at University of Maryland. Her husband is a doctor at Johns Hopkins. LOL She went over ALL of the test results with me, so I feel better about things now.

invisibella January 19 2009, 23:28:57 UTC

I think the chemotherapy is gone. However, what it's done to your system is still repairing.

Getting a good amount of sleep/rest and nutrition are very important. You've posted a bit about not having much of an appetite and that can prolong feeling poorly.

STRESS is also a huge factor. I was just talking to my colleagues at work about this today. It is the source of so much illness - people are stressed, they get sick or they are stressed about being sick.....

Have you had a Reiki treatment lately? A massage? Nourishing your spirit, to me, is a good way to start feeling better. What have you been doing for ALL of you lately?

winkie_woo January 20 2009, 00:13:58 UTC

I hope it's gone!!!

I just talked to my cousin. She's a trauma nurse at University of Maryland. Her husband is a doctor at Johns Hopkins. LOL She went over ALL of the test results with me, so I feel better about things now. As for stress? Yeah, big time stress issues right now. I am meeting my new psychologist tomorrow and I've been talking to Dr. Clavelle (my old psychologist...he's retired) today. It was a really bad day, but things are getting better.

And you are 100000% correct. I need to do more for my spiritual wellbeing. I need to do more for myself. I have been eating better this past week - healthier and everything - and I got TONS of sleep this weekend. I'm still really tired all the time, but that's most likely the anemia.

*hugs*

You always know exactly what I need. Thanks, hon. :o)