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Morning, comrades.
Pa-rum-pum-pum THIS! *zip*
Ahem, excuse me.
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Morning, comrades.
Pa-rum-pum-pum THIS! *zip*
Ahem, excuse me.
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i love this cat..
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So, I've been a bit mum about this.
I guess I almost died again yesterday.
My White Blood Cell count was back up nicely, square in the treatment range. So I dutifully got in my recliner and they started pumping me full of steroids, and then Oxaliplatin.
I'd say about 45 minutes into the treatment, my bladder had enough (the drug is infused with a huge bag of saline.) Whilst in the toilet, I had a rather large coughing fit.
Got back to my chair, and all of a sudden, nothing was right. I started to "grey out", I felt flushed, broke out in rashes and hives, and most worrying of all, couldn't draw a full breath. My Pulse-ox dropped to 93 (should be 98-100) and I was quickly surrounded by two nurses and my Oncologist.
I got more Decadron (steroid) and 100 milligrams of Benadryl (liquid, right in the line.)
I'd say about a half-hour later everything finally started to settle back down. Of course, they immediately pulled me off the Oxalaplatin and flushed the line.
Doc says this is fairly normal - the Oxy builds up in the body, and usually late in the treatment cycle this happens when the body says "OK, I've had enough". I was told it usually happens around tx 8-9, so for me to make it to 10 1/2 is significant.
Bottom line...I'm being poisoned here. It's a fine line they tapdance along, trying to determine how much to kill the cancer without killing me. I guess I reached that limit yesterday.
(Curiously, I was the 3rd patient to have a reaction yesterday...one gentleman was mild, but the other poor soul had full-bore anaphylaxis and had to be rushed to the ER.)
It is said that "Allah will give no more than the soul can bear". Perhaps I have reached that point.
In any case...feeling better today. The Oxy is what gives me the most side effects, only getting a half-dose yesterday...I feel pretty good this am.
Quote by TriSec:
So, I've been a bit mum about this.
I guess I almost died again yesterday.
My White Blood Cell count was back up nicely, square in the treatment range. So I dutifully got in my recliner and they started pumping me full of steroids, and then Oxaliplatin.
I'd say about 45 minutes into the treatment, my bladder had enough (the drug is infused with a huge bag of saline.) Whilst in the toilet, I had a rather large coughing fit.
Got back to my chair, and all of a sudden, nothing was right. I started to "grey out", I felt flushed, broke out in rashes and hives, and most worrying of all, couldn't draw a full breath. My Pulse-ox dropped to 93 (should be 98-100) and I was quickly surrounded by two nurses and my Oncologist.
I got more Decadron (steroid) and 100 milligrams of Benadryl (liquid, right in the line.)
I'd say about a half-hour later everything finally started to settle back down. Of course, they immediately pulled me off the Oxalaplatin and flushed the line.
Doc says this is fairly normal - the Oxy builds up in the body, and usually late in the treatment cycle this happens when the body says "OK, I've had enough". I was told it usually happens around tx 8-9, so for me to make it to 10 1/2 is significant.
Bottom line...I'm being poisoned here. It's a fine line they tapdance along, trying to determine how much to kill the cancer without killing me. I guess I reached that limit yesterday.
(Curiously, I was the 3rd patient to have a reaction yesterday...one gentleman was mild, but the other poor soul had full-bore anaphylaxis and had to be rushed to the ER.)
It is said that "Allah will give no more than the soul can bear". Perhaps I have reached that point.
In any case...feeling better today. The Oxy is what gives me the most side effects, only getting a half-dose yesterday...I feel pretty good this am.
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I'm still on the Fluorouracil....finishing the pump tomorrow, so that means only two treatments left at this point.
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At least then know how to fix the problem. Sounds like your doc is totally on top of it.
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Raine - check ya emails![]()
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At least then know how to fix the problem. Sounds like your doc is totally on top of it.
Oh, yes. Mt. Auburn is almost on the campus of Harvard - it's one of their affiliate teaching hospitals. They're wicked smahhhht. Plus, my oncologist is a fellow over at Dana-Faber, pretty much the top cancer hospital in the world. (and home of the Jimmy Fund, which I'm sure you all know.)
I was asked early on about second opinions - I"m not going to find anything better.
A blessing, living in Massachusetts.
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Raine - check ya emails![]()
let me think about that one. that a toughy.
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Speaking of the Jimmy fund... jimmyfund.org?
http://www.jimmyfund.org/
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But of course, concealed-carry and a gun in every home is the answer.
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This is an amazing piece of journalism. Long but worth it.
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This is an amazing piece of journalism. Long but worth it.
I am truly impressed by this piece, having worked as a reporter. I must ask what will come next. The status quo seems to be unstable. I am reminded of the flag of a red sun at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Benjamin Franklin was asked if it was a rising sun or a setting sun. He replied that is what was to be decided.
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This is an amazing piece of journalism. Long but worth it.
I am truly impressed by this piece, having worked as a reporter. I must ask what will come next. The status quo seems to be unstable. I am reminded of the flag of a red sun at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Benjamin Franklin was asked if it was a rising sun or a setting sun. He replied that is what was to be decided.
Glad you had the chance to read it. I don;t know what comes next. I give occupy kudos for changing the conversation, but without leadership-- this was bound to happen.
Jackson is apparently now convinced that he and his team of collaborators (the writers are Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson and del Toro) possess a Joseph Smith-like relationship with Tolkien's spirit and are uniquely qualified to transfer his visions to the big screen. Ironically or not, this has resulted in a gargantuan new project that takes enormous liberties with the source material. This is a sprawling, shambling, full-length prequel to Jackson's Lord of the Rings, but not so much to Tolkien's.
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Grrr.. I hate it when the bloggie stops responding to clicks.
Since I can't quote it I'll just say it.. could that Salon movie review guy be any more of an idiot?
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Grrr.. I hate it when the bloggie stops responding to clicks.
Since I can't quote it I'll just say it.. could that Salon movie review guy be any more of an idiot?
He is a bit of a doucheknob, huh? Colbert loves the movie. That is good enough for me.![]()
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Grrr.. I hate it when the bloggie stops responding to clicks.
Since I can't quote it I'll just say it.. could that Salon movie review guy be any more of an idiot?
He is a bit of a doucheknob, huh? Colbert loves the movie. That is good enough for me.![]()
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Grrr.. I hate it when the bloggie stops responding to clicks.
Since I can't quote it I'll just say it.. could that Salon movie review guy be any more of an idiot?