I have to go to the cancer center in the afternoons this week and get a follow-up IL2 shot as part of the treatment. I have to take a couple of Tylenol and a Benedryl before I get the shot. Still not clear as to why that is. The Benedryl makes me extremely sleepy, so I laid down when I got home yesterday.
One of the effects of the shot is that I get super-size chills and body aches at some point after getting it. They eventually go away and I can take OTC stuff to help with them, but they are pretty hefty when they first hit.
So, I woke up last night and I was kind of dizzy and disoriented and just wracked with chills and aches. I had Keith walk me to the bathroom, just to make sure I didn't fall or trip over something. Then I took some Ibuprofen and crawled back into bed. Keith threw an extra cover on me, as well. I also had him check to make sure I didn't really have a fever.
Kosh immediately crawled up to the spot you see in the pic. He lay there and purred and purred and purred. We stayed like that for quite a while, until the chills broke and I didn't need the extra covers any more.
I'm getting better care than I realized. Maybe I should take him in for my next consult.
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Listen to Dr. Kosh - kitty knows exactly what you need. Just caught up on your recent posts, glad you are back to posting. One suggestion made to me (I also did 6 rounds of chemo, mine were 3 weeks apart) was to have a visible reminder of getting through each one, like have 6 candles and burn one each time; put notches on the bathroom wall, etc.. I planned a nice meal out and a trip for shortly after I finished my treatments, gave me something to look forward to.
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