Blogging in B Minor

Last night was most interesting. I was very tired and went to bed at 9pm. I took my dose of Zofran (anti-nausea medication) around that time as per usual and then…..I drifted off to sleep! I typically take the Temodar dose about 1/2 hour after the Zofran. In 9 months this has never happened. Aidan is sick right now so around 1am he was having a coughing fit and it woke me up. I honestly hadn’t even realized I didn’t take my chemotherapy medication. I took some cough medicine into Aidan and when I came back to bed I jiggled the medicine cup I put on my nightstand when I go to bed and all the pills were still there. So I took them. What I learned was that the anti-nausea medication absolutely works! I had taken it 4 hours prior instead of 1/2 hour and I slept horribly, felt my stomach tightening up a bit and just didn’t feel that great. It wasn’t seriously bad but I could feel the effects. This morning, when I got up I didn’t feel good. I immediately took another Zofran (which I never have to do in the AM) and ate something and now I’m feeling fine.

Anyway, no huge problem but you live and you learn. For me, taking this when I’m sleeping is key. I sleep pretty hard even though I wake up a few times a night. So long as I take the anti-nausea medication 1/2 to 1 hour prior to the chemo, things are good. I’ll be trying to 5-day here in about 2 weeks so I’m sure it will be bit tougher but I will just take Zofran 3x per day instead of just once at night which I’m doing now.

It’s supposed to rain all weekend here – we had a storm here in January with wind gusts up to 60mph. Since Sacramento is the tree capitol of the world second only to Paris, France, it was a mess. The storm on Saturday is expected to have gusts reaching 70mph so I’m sure there will be a lot of downed trees and limbs. Nonetheless Rachael and I are going to a restaurant called The Waterboy on Saturday night. It’s supposed to be really good and we’re trying to get out with some regularity. We need to.

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