CA picked the WRONG girl!

Monday September 12th. I started my first Chemotherapy round today which took 9 hours and totally kicked my ass, which to be honest, I wasn't prepared for.  It was exhausting.  I slept most of the day.   Tuesday September 13th.  Today was tough,  the side effects came up fast and furious this morning.   In a quick 5 minutes, I was feeling all of them.  I slept most of the day away to try to stay healthy again.  So much fluid is still on board and diuretics can't be given as frequently as they would like.  So much pressure and pain in this excess 23lbs of fluid retention in my abdomen and legs.  PT starts tomorrow. Wednesday September 14th.  More terrible side effects happened today, again they were fierce.  Sweats, nauseousness, vomiting, which then in turn causes pain from the convulsing in my swollen abdomen.  Its quite a cycle.  Switched to oral pain medication, which takes a lot longer to process through...

Sunday September 4th, 2022 More excruciating pain.  It was unbearable, Tony asked, "What Boston hospital are we going to because you are NOT going to Worcester again?"  We went to Newton Wellesley, where my Rheumatology team was. Within minutes, I was wisked to a room bypassing the 25 other people in the waiting room.  CT scan, EKGs, all showed internal bleeding and the lacerated spleen and a liver double the size that it should be.  Tons more tests and bloodwork commenced.  I was admitted.  Monday  Typical holiday, lots of students, more testing.  Waiting game.  Tuesday Lots of discussions happened today, met a wonderful team of MDs and RNs who have great bedside manners on the USEN floor.  Haven't slept.  More status quo, bloodwork and testing begins tomorrow.   Wednesday Update I got my PICC line today, and tomorrow they will be moving me to the Hem/Onc floor where the staff is more specialized in cancer treatment....

To tell my story, I must go back several weeks. May 2022 My mother and aunts have just retired and my cousins and I went to Aruba with them on their retirement trip.  I felt GREAT!  It was the most relaxing trip that I have ever had.  Seven days of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I returned from the trip and had to have a "girlie" procedure at the beginning of June called and Endometrial Ablation.  Essentially, the medication that they were giving me to stop my painful "cycle" was not working and due to my previous stomach surgery, it could have been a malabsorption issue.  Again, I had a follow up from this procedure and felt great!   On June 29th, I went to Urgent Care with face and severe neck pain.  I was diagnosed with a sinus infection and sent along my way with antibiotics and Flonase.  Two weeks later, I was still not feeling well and had ear pain still so I went back to Urgent Care.  I was diagno...