Two Years Ago Today- On My Cancer Journey -March 25, 2013

Snowed Under with a Cold- What the Hell!!! 

Am I unlucky? Believe me I am not one to think I would get through chemo easy. When I read a post on one of the cancer sites where a cancer fighter said she experienced chemo as if it were a ‘slight hangover’ I just knew she was lying! And, then of course after my first chemo treatment I found out for myself after the urinary tract infection, root canal, and varied other not so sweet ailments that chemo was not like a ‘slight hangover’ or any kind of hangover, for heaven’s sake! What was she thinking??? Anyway, this time around after the initial first three days after chemo when I dropped off the steroid high and crashed – I began to get a little cold. At first, it was just that- a little cold or should I say a ‘slight cold’. ;-) Soon, I was coughing, hacking, wheezing, and blowing my nose at enormous rates of speed. I was filling up baskets of Kleenex and waking up in the middle of the night having to blow, blow, and then blow my nose. It was and has been horrible. I finally went to see my primary care doctor here in Fort Wayne, who pronounced that I had a bronchial infection. Wow! He also said I was weird, but I didn’t see this as a professional diagnosis and went on my merry way with a fistful of antibiotics in my hands and the remembered horrified looks of the receptionist and nurse when I mentioned how much my medical bills were for chemo. LOL! A true Kodak moment (if those still exist in this digital age). This morning I woke up about 4am and wasn’t coughing. I got up to see if the weatherman had been right- and yep- there is a ton of snow outside. Betty, my dog, is soooo happy. She loves the snow. << Yeah, I used to love the snow too, when I was eight and got out of school for a snow day. Now, I like it if I don’t have to leave the house, which will probably be the case today.