July 25th 2008 11:26 am
With the rise of the sun…side-effects begin
I slept alright last night, but woke up this morning (at 6 thanks to Kai) to diarrhea, and then a rash, gas, and now shortness of breath. All of which they said would be possible side-effects. One weird one is on the back of my right arm. I have a spot that is pretty hot to the touch, but I don’t have a fever. It has been a pretty terrible morning. From the best day of the week to…well I guess Wednesday is still the worst day of my week, but this ranks up there.
Please pray that these symptoms go away soon and don’t get worse. I have to call the doctor in a little bit to let him know how I’m doing. The major concern I have is the shortness of breath. I can’t take a deep breath and that is scary! I know that the avastin constricts all the blood vessels, but it’s still not very comforting knowing that it may happen when it is actually happening.
Thanks, I’ll keep posting, but need your prayers as this first treatment seems to be worse than the whole first chemos I went through. I know that it gets progressively worse, so that makes it harder to walk through those doors next Thursday.
Monica
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faith.gillis on 25 Jul 2008 at 9:23 pm #
I’m really shocked- I had mild side effects, no shortness of breath. Did they give you the steroids every 6 hours the night before? That’s what I had to do. THe steroids keep you amped all night ( I mean REALLY amped) but it was worth it as it kept the reaction down. if you’re interested, I can get the name of the roids I took the night before, maybe they would help. Actually I didn’t know that the gas was from the Taxol, so you’ve redeemed me, even if only in my own mind.