Chugging Along: 17 Months After Cancer Diagnosis
Seventeen months ago I didn’t expect to be here now, but here I am! Even though I will be going in for Gemzar on Tuesday, the majority of my cancer treatment is symptom control at this point - fine tuning what meds and when will keep me as pain-free, nausea-free and alert as possible.
I spoke to the oncologist about Ibuprofen and its antiplatelet activity and wondering whether we should switch to another non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) but he didn’t think so. He feels all the NSAIDs cause poor quality platelets, which aggravates the poor quantity problem with the Gemzar so he says we’ll just watch it. If the Ibuprofen causes problems we’ll back off on it and add Tylenol and increase narcotics for a while.
Speaking of which, pain has been well-controlled on 20 milligrams of oxycontin twice a day with 5 milligrams of oxycodone as needed (usually once or twice a day) until I fell in the kids’ bathtub on Monday. We’re using that one because ours was leaking so it had to dry for a few days before being re-caulked.
The kids’ shower has no nonskid material on the floor and I took a good header. My right elbow is bruised but pain-free.
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