Blood work and 2nd round of Chemo

So last night, I increased my steroid dose to combat the vertigo. I messaged the patient portal on my app and let my nurse know the trouble I’ve had with vertigo since last week. She said to increase the steroid again, and I am so glad she said that. I was on a lower dose of steroid. I tried Meclizine to help with it, and it made the vertigo much worse. I took more steroid last night, and this morning I was so much better. I prepared my breakfast. I could walk a further distance without the boozy woozies.

So breakfast came and went. I watched a couple of episodes of Frasier and some news. I then made my way out to my wife’s car to head to my blood work appointment. That was no problem, in and out. Back home, the cats greeted us at the door. My wife made sure I had everything I needed, and she made her way to work. I had my lunch and drank 3 nectar hydration packs today.

I had my wife take out a frozen lasagna for dinner. From frozen, it said it could take up to 2 hours. No thanks, I asked my wife to just put it in the microwave to thaw for the day. This should now only take 30-45 minutes. It’s in the air fryer oven combo now cooking, and it smells amazing.

I took my first dose of my second round of chemo about 5:30 PM. I will only be on this for 5 days and then 23 days off. I tried to get as many kisses as I could before going back on these meds. Kisses from my wife and kisses from my kitty cats. They are a few of my favorite things in life. I hope this higher dose of chemo meds won’t have too many effects on me. Time will tell.

I watched YouTube cooking shows and off-road recovery videos (my new obsession). These off-roaders give me such anxiety seeing the aftermath of them getting stuck. The recovery crew also gives me great anxiety watching them get unstuck. My goodness, the mess it is. I’m glad my rooster is a pavement prince. I’d never put him in that situation. Say what you will, but no way.

My nurse put me on Ativan to help with the vertigo. I’m not sure how it will affect me, seeing how the Meclizine messed me up. Unless it was all from the lower steroid dose. I’m not going to play around trying to figure out which caused what. I will say though, I haven’t felt better stability with walking than being back on a higher dose of Dexamethasone (steroid). Ativan is the generic Lorazepam. This cracks me up. Did you watch the most recent White Lotus season? Parker Posey was on Lorazepam, and the way she would say the name was hilarious to me. Imagine a thick Carolina accent: Luhrazuhpahm.

Anyway, thank you for stopping by!
~Bruce