Wednesday Oct 10, 2007

Every day at 4am a phlebotomist comes into my room and takes blood and pokes my finger. Some of them know what they are doing and some DO NOT.. if you poke someone one's finger for blood on the side.. it hurts less... if you pock it RIGHT on the center.. OMG.. it hurts... I am careful to watch them and will pull my finger if they are going to poke me straight on!! I don't understand why they can't come at say.. 8am!!

A fun fun side effect of TPN.. is HIGH HIGH Blood sugar levels.. to the point that insulin is needed. Because my blood sugar levels I am getting regular headaches.. I feel like to the TOP of my SKULL is going to BLOW.. EXPLODE off... I have suffered migraine headaches before with and aura.. and this blood sugar headache is the worst of my lifetime.

The nurse rushes in with an insulin shot and says "WHERE DO YOU WANT IT".. I thought she could just put it in my IV but NO... this shot has to be administered in a FATTY AREA of the body.. HAHAHAHAH!!! Where.. I have no fat on my body.. She grabs a bit of skin on my thigh pushes it together and BAM... goes the insulin... within minutes my headache is gone but WOWZER you should see the bruise left on my thigh.. it's HUGE!! Several times a day a nurse comes in and administers insulin. Within days I have bruises on my thighs and on the backs of my arms.. HUGE bruises...

Another fun side effect of NPO (No food by mouth)... is dry mouth. NO WATER.. so the nurse-aid gives me some little sponges on the ends of sticks (SPONGE ON A STICK).... they look like a toothbrush.. and you are allowed to put the sponge in water and sponge out your mouth!! SOOO fun!! GRRRRRR...... Plus the Drs are worried that I have thrush in my mouth and down my throat (a side effect of chemo) and they have given me a fun drug that I must SWISH in my mouth and not swallow! It is SOO nasty!

Every day I am getting edgier.. I am not happy.. it's no fun being NPO.. I hate every minute of it and I am getting more and more agitated at everyone and everything! I finally tell JR I want NO ONE in the room. ... EVERYONE GO AWAY and leave me alone!