#4: Know you will be
unprepared for chemo – you
can read about all the side effects, but it doesn’t matter when you are in the
midst of it. The first 3 weeks of chemo
I lost my eyesight, everything was super blurry. I had planned to sit on the couch and catch
up on tv shows while I had the house to myself, but soon realized I couldn’t
see the television and all the blurry movement made me sick. I felt like I was on a small boat in
perpetually turbulent waters. It was the
worst seasickness of my life and the closest I was to water was standing over
the toilet. The television was off for
good. Even trying to read made me
nauseas. You may experience the same
thing, or worse, or not at all.
#5: Journal, write, blog – this is advice I would never have imagined
giving. Journaling and writing about my
feelings? What am I, a girl? What is
this, second grade? I don’t need to keep
a diary. Actually, this blog has been
the most unexpectedly pleasant surprise.
I was encouraged to try it and figured what the heck. I had no idea I would even have anything to
write about until about a month or two after my diagnosis I couldn’t sleep at
night so I grabbed the laptop and began writing. Who wudda thunked I got so much to say and
rite about?
#6: Don’t plan to lose weight
– sorry to break it to
you, but you may actually gain weight.
Don’t hate me; I’m just the chubby messenger. You can blame it on the steroids, crazy
amounts of medicine, upset stomach, confused appetite, fatigue, and long
stretches of inactivity, among other things.
You can also blame it on the doctor’s, but they don’t like that. They are just trying to “help save your life”
and you shouldn’t be worried about your weight, you just need to worry about
“getting better.” How can I worry about
getting better when my favorite jeans barely fit?
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