Share. Connect. Love.

Kaytie O'Hara - Journal

Read Entries & Updates

 

Posted 2015-01-13T02:31:08Z

Bye, Bye old bitty Agnes...Hello GI Jane

Hi All,

Sorry I have been completely MIA for several weeks but I am not going to lie...it's been pretty rough over here. My first round of chemo just completely turned me on my head and it is only in the last few days that I have had my wits about me. You name the side effect, I had it. It was almost 2 weeks of nausea, vomiting, sleeping, low blood pressure (as in 70/40), hours of IV fluids daily (they literally gave me a special backpack to carry them in so it is hooked up to the port in my chest at any given moment), a mouth full of ulcers and God knows what else. My body just would not retain the hydration needed to recover so it was a total mess and we just need to march on bc I want to forget it even happened. Moving forward the doctor wants me to receive chemo in his office and then strut across the street (a la the Mummers) to Pennsylvania Hospital where I will reside for a few days so he can keep track of this nonsense and try to get me on the right track as quickly as possible. He is also reducing the dose of Adriamycin/Cisplatin because it was just too much for my system. The next round starts a week from today, so keep your fingers crossed that things go smoothly and I don't feel as though I am on death's doorstep for 2 weeks.  [...]