March 2012 chemo

Good morning ladies! I'm getting a late start today. At least I'm sleeping though. My MO finally found something that helps me sleep - yay for Trazadone. Hope everyone is having a good SE-free day. Things are looking up a bit for me - I'm not in quite as crappy a mood today lol. Next TX is Thursday - yuck. Doctor has given me prescriptions for Zofran, Compazine, and Phenergan but none seem to help so far. I'm thinking about asking for Emend but someone told me that, even with insurance, it's like $100 per pill. Of course, you only take three but still, with two treatments a month, that's $600. May just have to suffer with it.

On the upside, I made lasagna last night (I actually cooked and none of my family fainted in shock) and it was so good. Having leftovers for lunch today and trying to think of something good to have for dinner tonight. I've decided to eat something really good tonight and tomorrow night because I know the next few days after treatment, I won't want anything.

Kitb04 - glad you refrained from licking anything while out and about, I know that can be tough sometimes!  ;-)

kltn04

Especially not the handles of a cart, ewwww!  As soon as I get in the door from any shopping excursion BC or not the first thing I do is wash my hands if I don't happen to have some Purel with me.

Your bang on with if you get up once, your done.  I've established a pretty good routine for sleeping these days (unassisted).  I have some hot cocoa around 11, tidy up, wash up, get into bed for 12.  Turn on Coronation Street (totally hooked) which is normally on until 1 am.  By then I'm sound asleep. Due to the hockey playoffs that stations schedule has been interuppted and now it's only on for 1/2 hour sometime between 12 - 1 am. Going to have to start popping in a DVD.

Omg the cart handles are awful.  I carry antibac gel everywhere; have thought seriously of buying disposable latex gloves.  When my kids were babies, I bought the shopping cart covers that cover the seat/handles/sides before they were cool and trendy.  I'm telling you chemo germphobia has nothing on my regular ole life germphobia.

L - I like only my lasagna bc I am so picky about the sauce (I hate onions) but I love a really cheesy good pasta of any kind - yum!

We all have awful habits of falling on w/TV around here - its the only way my oldest DD goes to sleep - whatever, it keeps her in her room/bed.  DH just turns it off before he goes to sleep.

Central - close to Little Rock - girl, I am seeing a meeting in Memphis in our future! 

My germophobia has gone over the top since I started chemo. I have hand sanitizer and wipes when I go out. I have masks but counts haven't gone so low where I've used them. Did anyone's MOs tell them anything about raw fruits and veggies? Mine said no sushi and that's about it. But people have been telling me about fruits and veggies. I'm really craving a salad!

MLB & Lana - you guys should go to Memphis in may! When I lived in ar I always went. Loved it!



Lost - I had a hard time my first outing. Felt like the whole world was staring. It's been a week now and it's getting easier.

Lost - So what did you wear - wig, hat, scarf, nothing?  When I went to the school in my wig, everyone was overly/too sympathetic/nice, telling me how good it looked, whatever.  I actually feel better in the scarf/hat I wore out today.  I haven't seen anyone I know while wearing it but I almost feel like people are looking at me funny no one has said anything of course.  I think we notice it more than other people do. 

M - my chemo nurse just said thoroughly wash, but I haven't talked with her since my counts went down.  I think it is the same standards as pregnancy - no raw meats, fish, unpasteurized cheeses, make sure raw fruits/veggies are washed, etc...  I have heard on masks that they more protect people from you than you from others - reason being that most of what you are going to pick up in public is going to be from touch rather than being airborne unless you were in a really small confined space.

I'm just sticking to stuff I can peel. Oranges, bananas, avocado, peeled carrots.  I may have said this before there isn't anything local as far as fresh produce goes up here.  I can't deal with thinking about ecoli and bacteria so I'll forgo for now.  I can almost taste sushi though  I'll have to ask the MO when he thinks it will be ok for me to have some.

LOL...I bet they would pay us to leave.

Y'all can keep the sushi - DH loves it - yuck!  Since I hate vegetables, I am not having a problem, lol.  The only kind of salad I care for is Ceaser (bottled dressing, not fresh w/raw eggs) and that is more fattening than a hamburger.  Drinking orange juice is a foray into health food for me

I have wasted all @(*"@(* afternoon on here and my mom is picking up the kids so I don't have to get back out.  About to put on the music and at least straighten up the house before they get here.  Do not let me post again before let's say 5 p.m.  Just ignore me.  Report me as a problem.  

I've been at the office today so definitely not gonna straighten up when I get home - just gonna crash lol. Still haven't decided what sounds good for dinner tonight.

Fyi...I find that perogies and sour cream is a good chemo meal. I ate them for 4 days straight during tx 2. yum.

onvacation: Hmmm..that brings an interesting question to mind. I wonder if I can eat the cooked rolls. I suppose they're not technically sushi although that's what I call them. I don't see why not as long as they're cooked, unless there's some risk of contamination I don't know about. Anybody know?

Love: Pierogies and sour cream sounds good. So does pizza and pasta, lost. Can anybody tell I'm hungry? Lol.

I just want to eat something I can actually taste!