[cancer] Day three, post-chemo session one
Slept okay. Weird dreams of being locked in a resort in Buenos Aires with my father, as part of a parapsychology experiment. Woke up feeling mentally and physically more-or-less normal, but the nausea started again about 35-40 minutes later, so I've taken a compazine. My head remains clear.
I'm not sure about this recurrent nausea. That's not even supposed to be on the list of major side effects for FOLFIRI, as I understand it. On the other hand, I know I'm in a vicious circle of nausea->loss of appetite->undereating->nausea. Look at my weight over the past five days.
So where possible I've allowed myself off my prescribed diet in favor of foods that attract me, but I think I'm still getting less than a 1,000 calories a day right now. I really need to get back on to something more like a normal eating habit.
It's just so hard to make myself want to eat.
I'm not sure about this recurrent nausea. That's not even supposed to be on the list of major side effects for FOLFIRI, as I understand it. On the other hand, I know I'm in a vicious circle of nausea->loss of appetite->undereating->nausea. Look at my weight over the past five days.
So where possible I've allowed myself off my prescribed diet in favor of foods that attract me, but I think I'm still getting less than a 1,000 calories a day right now. I really need to get back on to something more like a normal eating habit.
It's just so hard to make myself want to eat.