Tag Archives: Biologic therapy

2018-06-20 Recovery Day 471

oday was not a good day. Sleeping was not an issue. However getting up I was hit with dizziness and nausea. I tried to rest to get both symptoms down, but no luck. Therefore I took Zofran and Meclizine, which helped. After taking my morning medication there was enough time before going for my treatment to take some pictures of Margaret’s (Dean’s wife) backyard.

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2018-06-14 Recovery Day 465

For starters today was a good day. The day started like most others, no signs of dizziness or nausea, and the pain level in my shoulder was at normal level. After breakfast and taking my medication I started watching the first half of the World Cups opening game, Russia vs Saudi Arabia. After that it was time for my morning walk with Dean. Before going into the details of my activities today, let me finish my health status during the day.

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2018-06-06 Recovery Day 457

Today was a all-day treatment day, starting at 9:00 and goes to a bit after 4:00 (09:00/16:00+). started off where the pain left me last night and all night. My day started with no signs of dizziness or nausea in the morning. I had my breakfast early and took my medication shortly after, so that I could pack up my stuff (laptop, cords , power adapters, etc). The only pain/stiffness I had was around my upper back (shoulder blades) which is something I have every day day.

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2018-05-23 Recovery Day 443

Health-wise things were not good, it started of with a good night sleep, no dizziness and good vitals. Breakfast was fine as well as my morning medication. Since it was the second Wednesday since my last treatment, today was all-day treatment day again. Dean dropped me of at the treatment center. So far, so good. After checking my vitals, taking some blood and connecting the IV to my port the show got on the road with the pre-meds followed with the Zometa infusion. Still things were good.
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2018-05-09 Recovery Day 429

Health-wise every is normal, except for the dizziness. Today is full infusion day at the local Cancer Care Center started at 9:00. Until then I check my vitals and took my medication. I check my backpack to make sure I had all my internet stuff to help me through the 8 hours, before resting for a few minutes.

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2018-04-25 Recovery Day 415

Weather-wise it was a bit cooler then yesterday, it will cool down even more over the next 3 days. Today’s temperature does not matter to me as I am at the cancer center for my all-day treatment. Health-wise every things were back to normal. After breakfast I started to pack my things up that I needed at the center, such as my laptop with power adapter, iPhone with charger, Bose wireless headset, etc. Dean picked me up around 8:40 and dropped me of at the center.

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2018-04-12 Recovery Day 402

Today was a excellent day. The day started with no stomach issue nor any dizziness. I had a good breakfast before I started to get my walking stuff together. After a short rest and taking my regular morning medication, I needed to figure out what to wear this morning since the temperature was rather low and the forecast did not indicate a rather fast increase.

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2018-04-11 Recovery Day 401

Today was another good day. Like yesterday the day started with no stomach issues, but instead was rather dizzy. Taking my dizziness medication fixed that problem before I had to leave for my treatment at the local cancer center. After a short rest and taking my regular morning medication, Dean dropped me of at the local cancer center. Today is my all-day treatment day. Therefore there is not much to report.

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2018-04-09 Recovery Day 399

Today was a good day. Just like yesterday the day started with my stomach acting up a bit, but again noting to worry about, toast and tea did do the trick as in past few days. After a short rest and taking my morning medication, I went for my morning walk with Dean. After returning from our walk we went shopping to get some tools and parts to get the fountain fixed. I was getting back home just in time when Alice our Family friend arrived for our lunch.

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2018-03-28 Recovery Day 387

Today was a bad day. It did not start that way as I had no issues getting up and my vitals looked good. I had a good breakfast and got ready for my all-day treatment. It started during the pre-med infusion that my energy level dropped and my stomach suddenly did not feel that good.

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