Got through 2 days of work somewhat-
I've been juicing a lot, and feeling pretty good- I'm just getting tired a lot more easily.....
Feeling ok.... I don't get heartburn usually but it's here today....small mouth sores have been popping up every so often.
I hope this isn't a result of pushing myself too much this weekend. That would suck.
I had another awesome Reiki session with Beth again last night....really intense- I pretty much left my body during the entire thing and Beth wound up getting sick afterwards a little bit. I felt bad.
Another stupid thing I noticed is my feet. I hardly ever wear shoes- I've always been that way. My feet are toughies, so they were feeling ok until yesterday when I noticed that part, right under the little piggie that went wee wee wee all the way home, that touches the floor hurt. Like I stepped on a sharp rock somewhere and it hurt later on. It bothered me a little last night but nothing too bad. Felt ok today- I just thought I bruised it somewhere.
Until today when Melody asked me to take her outside and see the flowers (all the container gardens and vegetables growing outside) - I picked her up to show her the plants for a quick minute- and walked out barefoot on the concrete and now my foot REALLY hurts. I didn't walk on anything but flat concrete.
I put flip flops on and iced it a bit- but it's swollen now and I can't put too much weight on it.
Ugh.
Doctor Google tells me this could be what they call hand-foot syndrome, a side effect of the chemo drug Adriamycin. It apparently finds its way into small capillaries in the feet and hands, and then leaks out into surrounding tissue when those capillaries get injured. and that chemo drug is not kind to tissue. It's irritating.
No more bare feet. Nancy, you told me that too and I didn't think a walk around an area rug would do much damage.
I called the doctor on call at Virtua just to make sure and he told me to ice it - I may have stepped on something and broken a blood vessel. He told me if it's worse tomorrow, Dr Cairoli will be the guy on call and to get in touch with him then. Until then, ice.
You can't diagnose anything over the phone.
My town is just way too small with too many cars to get caught in the middle of during fireworks traffic....
No work tomorrow- just Thursday and Friday and then back to AC #4 on Monday. 8am sharp.
and speaking of extremities- my hands have been itching to create something lately. It's driving me nuts to not be able to sit and make up some art because I'm either too tired and need to lie down or the energy it takes to bust out all supplies and then clean up after a major dye session or sewing project.
I was able to get some computer art done that took some minutes. It satisfied the hunger a little bit like a bag of peanuts in an airplane.
I also got to digitize a painting of my friend Jonathon Blake's (Crazyredbeard) into embroidery today. With glow in the dark thread! Not my art- but it was fun recreating it in embroidery. :)
Here's to an early night of rest, and better feet tomorrow....
love....
b
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I was talking to the lady I work with about her breast cancer/yours and she had told me, tell her to get very soft socks. Her feet will hurt. She wears cushiony support hose w old lady kinda shoes, but she's 65, so she's ok with it :) Where's the cool, cancer at 35, support socks??? But she mentioned her feet, and hands. More so feet. She's onto radiation now...a few steps ahead of you..and is almost done. She says it's burned her chest and she's tired, but almost done. She comes into work almost every day and I think that's nuts. No rest, age 65...how can that help??? But she's worried to lose her job if she runs out of FMLA. Crazy. . Anyway, she wishes you well and says...soft socks, feet up. :)
pop a 50mg zinc for 3 days to bump your immunity and to help you recover from any overdoing you did, it is very possible. i have some packed for vibes in fact. take a couple days off and do it again if you need to. don't take zinc every day for good though, and take with a bit of food, too. also google the reflexology point on your hand for boosting immunity if you don't know where it is - or ask me! lol - and rub or press often. it boosts white cell counts. :)
shoes. boooooo shoes! i hate shoes too. might also be early neuropathy, i had fingertip pain early on and then the bottom of my left pinky toe became super sensitive or sore or... something i'm not even sure what! for me it just felt irritated for a few weeks and then it went numb as soon as the taxol started. maybe put arnica or, i much prefer, traumeel on it? for me, neuropathy just took off once i started taxol.... i really really feel for you, getting that one weekly coming up here.... :-( <3
nobody ever mentioned hfs to me but it does make some sense: HFS can start as a feeling of tingling or numbness in the palms and/or soles, which progresses to swelling, redness, peeling skin, and tenderness or pain. If there is no change in the treatment, the hands and/or feet can blister (which can then become infected), becoming very painful and interfering with daily activities. It is very important to notify your doctor at the first sign of HFS. Most patients that develop HFS do so within the first few weeks of therapy, but it can also happen after being on the medication for many months.
did i give you chemocare.com? it's scott hamilton's site and is good for just basic, not toooo detailed and not too scary detail! :-)
baking soda rinses as often as every 1/2 hour if you can do it for mouth sores, suck on ice chips during and between treatments.
i pretty much never had heartburn in my life until chemo! lol. i bought a travel size tums and keep it by the bed, the ingredients are pretty benign and just one or very occasionally two do the trick right away for me. or, get a big glass of water and a straw and drink that glass of water in 2000 tiiiiiny tiiiiiiny sips. the repeated swallowing will help force the acid back down. lozenges can also do the same thing but i don't like all the sugar in them now, personally.
enjoy the fireworks!! i heart fireworks. :)
as it turns out, i also need to thank Beth! do you know how i can mail her something or email her even?? thanks.
LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVVVEE TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks nancy... :) flip flop sister <3 !!! lol.... I'll message you beth's email :)
love you too xo
oh! i found peppermints for nausea work too. i found that a couple of life saver peppermints were well, life savers! sometimes. :)
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