SoCalGal
11-12-2008, 10:40 PM
It's been quite a couple of weeks. The good news is my PET scan shows stable results. I'll take another 3 months of stable and see what 2009 will bring.
Last Saturday I had to put my 15 year old dog down. It has been surprisingly hard. I really miss her and every time I come home I am kind of a mini wreck. My kids were so sad and it was so hard for them to hear all of this long distance over the phone. So - I am looking for a rescue dog...went and looked at a beautiful huge lanky german shepard at my vet's office. Will probably bring him home to see if we're a "match". Hmmm...It's like dating but with actual dogs. lol.
Then on Monday (a week ago) I had a very scary experience right after my PET/CT. I was already on my way home and I became so sick that my girl-husband had to pull over (and hide) while I puked on my neighbor's lawn. Got home and continued to puke. I called my onc and they said come right in. Then I had a full blown migraine with the blinking light show blind spots lack of communication skills and blinding pain. (I know that some throw up from migraines but I never do). I was dehydrated and freaked out. I spent the next 4 hours curled up like a baby with a blanket over my head in a chair in the chemo room getting hydrated and ativan'd and finally something with a "t" (??) for pain. They said I had an allergic reaction to the iodine - CT contrast. I was nauseas and weak for 3 days and then on Thursday was back to myself - just in time to take Tony to "baby's first colonoscopy". Baby being the important word.
It's really good that TIP has been here. While we haven't had the fun that I had planned - it's been good to have a little furry reminder that I am not alone in my trials and tribulations.
xo~Flori
Last Saturday I had to put my 15 year old dog down. It has been surprisingly hard. I really miss her and every time I come home I am kind of a mini wreck. My kids were so sad and it was so hard for them to hear all of this long distance over the phone. So - I am looking for a rescue dog...went and looked at a beautiful huge lanky german shepard at my vet's office. Will probably bring him home to see if we're a "match". Hmmm...It's like dating but with actual dogs. lol.
Then on Monday (a week ago) I had a very scary experience right after my PET/CT. I was already on my way home and I became so sick that my girl-husband had to pull over (and hide) while I puked on my neighbor's lawn. Got home and continued to puke. I called my onc and they said come right in. Then I had a full blown migraine with the blinking light show blind spots lack of communication skills and blinding pain. (I know that some throw up from migraines but I never do). I was dehydrated and freaked out. I spent the next 4 hours curled up like a baby with a blanket over my head in a chair in the chemo room getting hydrated and ativan'd and finally something with a "t" (??) for pain. They said I had an allergic reaction to the iodine - CT contrast. I was nauseas and weak for 3 days and then on Thursday was back to myself - just in time to take Tony to "baby's first colonoscopy". Baby being the important word.
It's really good that TIP has been here. While we haven't had the fun that I had planned - it's been good to have a little furry reminder that I am not alone in my trials and tribulations.
xo~Flori