Mom made it til today with no major side effects from her treatment 4 days ago. She started having some leg pain the day after- mild enough where she thought it wasn't related, but it has progressively gotten more severe. Today it's enough to have her call the oncologist's office. They prescribed her Hydros (yay... ugh) for the pain. Mom is pretty resilient, and I asked her how bad it was- she only told me "Enough to take those pills as soon as I get them". Looking at the bigger picture- if this is the only side effect, that's not bad at all. The only thing about this is she is supposed to receive the Nulasta shot the day after treatment... and the side effect from it is pain in hips, legs, back. We have been told it's either no pain or terrible pain- and she said if it's anything like this, it will make things difficult. She doesn't want to be doped up on narcotics, and is hoping the next treatment won't have this affect on her. She goes Thursday for a treatment of just Herceptin, and they are going to do blood work then (as they always will) and see how her white blood cell count is. If it's high enough, she doesn't need the shot and potential crisis is averted. If it's low, the shot is a good idea, and we could be dealing with a bit of a shitstorm. Again- she can handle this over nausea though. But 18 weeks of fairly severe leg pain is nothing to cheer about... so until Thursday, we will see. Hopefully the Hydros will do the trick and she will get some relief without having to max out her dosage, so she's not too foggy. It's just a little hard to see that this is better than alternative situations... but I know it is, and mom does too. Until Thursday, mom's riding the narcotics express. Again. She's fitting right in up in good 'ole Anderson County.
Maybe that's inappropriate.
Who gives a shit.
:)
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