Some Days It's The Lessons Learned



I am now officially half way through my chemo treatments.. YAY!! By now though I would think with the constant pushing and NAGGING (hee hee) from my favorite nurse Kathy that I would remember to HYDRATE WELL on my IP (intra peritoneal) days!! As nurse Nikki handed me my labs showing where I was blood work wise she told me I was dehydrated, I haven't been dehydrated during any of my labs this far.  It completely made it worse that I knew Sunday (I get labs every Monday) I had really been hydrating well. That meant that last week as I struggled through my bad days that I could have helped that out with drinking more water. Not a fun lesson but one that is now definitely well remembered for next cycle.

Because of my lack of pulling all the fluid off well last week it still was there a little this week which made my IP chemo even more ouchie yesterday. Honestly this was a tough lesson to learn. BUT, I met the coolest lady at the infusion center. We all have separate rooms so there isn't a lot of contact with other patients. She was waiting for me to come out of the restroom (I definitely was working the hydration this time) as we giggled about the fact that there is only one restroom amongst a bunch of women being pumped full of fluid, we made a little bond. Then she stopped at my room on her way back to hers. We happened to be at the end of a nice quiet hallway with just two of us down there which was good because for as chatty as I am she was too. She had a glow and warmth about her and ROCKED the no hair look far better than I ever will as it continues to come out. We plan to meet up and chat next cycle again. Totally made the whole cruddy session better to see such a great shining face that was so friendly!! I feel bad though because I owe it to her to tell her how beautiful she was and I didn't. She kept asking how I still had hair and I was thinking how do you make not having hair look so good??? Now I have to wait weeks to tell her... Another lesson learned, don't pass up a wonderful opportunity to tell someone how awesome they are and look.

There yah go, my lessons for this week =)