Wednesday, February 6, 2008

ICE is making me a crackhead

It's 3am on a Wednesday morning and I can't fall asleep. I guess I'll use this time to update this blog. I had ICE #3 starting a week ago this morning and it went off without a hitch except for some trouble with overeager nursing staff. My discharge on Friday was delayed by a couple hours simply because my nurse was flustered and made alot of "rookie" mistakes. no harm, no foul but still a little annoying. The treatment and subsequent side effects were the same as expected. moderate nausea that was moderately controlled with medication and fatigue. I got a neulasta shot on monday and expect pretty decent bone pain on, lets see.. Saturday thru monday. not too bad. As for the duration of side effects. I have nausea for about 3-4 days then it just vanished. like one minute to the next. Ive also learned to keep ahead of the symptoms. once they set in they are alot harder to get rid of than if you did pretreat them. I do, obviously have some sleep disturbance that reaches outside of the 3-4 days I previously mentioned. I have very bizarre nightmares on days 4-5 following treatment. I had them with all 3 treatments of ICE and it's part of the side effect arsenal that I have come to accept. Aside from the fleeting nausea, nightmares and periodic insomnia, ICE hasn't been that bad. BUT It's turning me into a crackhead with this no sleep business.

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