WELL!
WELL WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES!! 🤔😊
After a few (18) tablets at home …
We’re off to hospital AGAIN for a midday series of appointments, including more LOVELY Chemo Ken🙄
Compared with last Monday, it was incredibly smoothly rapidly rapid today.
The magical three … Blood Test, Darzalex (1800mg) jab 💉😣, and Velcade (20mg) jab 😵💫 we’re all done
… finished, complete, with no mistakes … and I was on my way out to find Mandy by 12.45 (with Hospital biscuits, and an apple in my pocket 😋)
Ken, gave me, amongst other things, tiredness today … I slept for about 3 hours this PM, and slightly irritatingly, it has at the moment clobbered my mobility.
But I definitely DO know that it’ll get better very soon – even though I think, that Ken may also have made Mr G reappear a bit (I hate, really hate him😡) and don’t want Mr Grumpy anywhere near me.
Apparently, it might be something to do with Dexamethasone. Here’s a shopping list of possible side effects …
If No 1, ever appears, I WANT MY MONEY BACK IMMEDIATELY !!! …. but 9, 11, and 17 are interestingly worrying too 🙄😳😕
Dexamethasone more common possible side effects…
NUMBER 6 Looks interesting 🤔
- Aggression
- agitation
- anxiety
- blurred vision
- decrease in the amount of urine
- Diarrhoea and Constipation
- fast, slow, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse
- headache
- irritability
- mental depression
- mood changes
- nervousness
- noisy, rattling breathing
- numbness or tingling in the arms or legs
- pounding in the ears
- swelling of the fingers, hands, feet, or lower legs
- trouble thinking, speaking, or walking
- troubled breathing at rest
- weight gain
VELCADE’s possible Side Effects are just as eye popping 😳 …
- Black, tarry stools
- bleeding gums
- blood in the urine or stools
- blurred vision
- body aches or pain
- burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, “pins and needles”, or tingling feelings
- chest pain
- chills
- confusion
- cough
- cough producing mucus
- decreased urination
- difficult or labored breathing
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position
- dry mouth
- ear congestion
- fainting
- fever
- headache
- increase in heart rate
- loss of voice
- lower back or side pain
- nerve pain
- painful blisters on the trunk of the body
- painful or difficult urination
- pale skin
- pinpoint red spots on the skin
- rapid breathing
- runny nose
- sneezing
- sore throat
- stuffy nose
- sunken eyes
- sweating
- swollen glands
- thirst
- tightness in the chest
- troubled breathing with exertion
- ulcers, sores, or white spots in the mouth
- unsteadiness or awkwardness
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- weakness in the arms, hands, legs, or feet
- wrinkled skin
I know about the “wrinkled skin” thing 😊
And finally Darzalex!
Oh !! The third on the list … again. How on Earth does that work?
- shortness of breath or trouble breathing
- dizziness or lightheadedness (hypotension)
- Constipation and diarrhoea
- cough
- wheezing
- heart beating faster than usual
- low oxygen in the blood (hypoxia)
- throat tightness or irritation
- runny or stuffy nose
- headache
- itching
- high blood pressure
- eye pain
- nausea
- vomiting
- chills
- fever
- chest discomfort
- or blurred vision