[Cancer, Photos]
[cancer|photos] Chemotherapy session 1, day 3 – FOLFIRI
A fairly quiet day yesterday. Several bouts of nausea, though nothing came up. Or went out the other end. I’m now over seventy-two hours without any lower GI production, and as a result have almost completely stopped eating. I’ve also lost ten pounds in three days without passing anything. (Yes, I have been medicating appropriately — this is not a call for advice.)
The pump ran out almost three hours earlier than expected. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1){kind=small}
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We did work up a small ritual, burning a piece of paper that read 1/12 to symbolize the first of 12 chemotherapy sessions. This morning I feel nauseous again, but very much need to eat. However, I cannot eat until the lower GI moves.
A few photos, under cut for minor medical TMI:
As usual, more at the Flickr set.
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Posted: 5:47 am Mon May 16 2011 |
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Shlomi
May 17th, 2011 at 6:59 amThinking loving thoughts @ ya, Jay!