HOME FROM CHEMO #3

Well - I did really good getting out of the hospital this time - still a bit weird being released on a late Friday evening, but good to be in my own bed!  So - this hospital stay was from Tuesday to Friday - yeah - shorter is better!  I crashed after getting home last night.  Even though the chemo part is over - there is still lots of meds, fluids, and stuff that I have to do.  So, it is quite the process.  But, apparently it is working!  I don't know what I would do without my dad - he is my "human" alarm clock.  I am on this weird pill schedule and would never take them on time if it wasn't for him.  I feel really bad - he is up bringing me pills and water at all hours of the day and night.  The pill schedule is very important and timing is everything.  I also need to be constantly drinking - what a pain!  So, dad brings the pills (3:00 am ones are the worst) and a bottle of water and makes sure that I swallow them - right then and there - no waiting for later.  Some of the pills are gigantic and some of them are tiny tiny - they all taste bad.  Some have to be eaten with food and some on an empty stomach - dad has the whole schedule (which changes each time I leave the hospital).  He actually types it (yes, on an electric typewriter) each time we get out of the hospital and it changes.  I am very fortunate to have so many people working to keep me on track and well!  The other weird thing about the meds is that they make me really cold.  So, needless to say, the heat is turned way up.  So, poor dad, who is always hot, is walking around the house in flip flops and shorts - I feel like I am at some strange beach resort!  I am bundled in jammies and blankets and lots of layers.