so chemo 8 and then some...
this one was interesting in that i had my first instance of psychosomatic nausea - i started getting nauseous the saturday BEFORE the treatment. this came and went sporadically until tuesday, when i mentioned it to the nurse at treatment. She said that it was rather common, and there was a great range of known reactions and cases, one of the more extreme ones being patients who saw their nurses on the street and immediately start throwing up. Obviously wanting to avoid this fate i asked what they could do and they told be about a pill called adavan, another anti-nausea thing which is also anti-anxiety. They gave me one, and it settled me down, but i later decided that i didn't like it as it put me to sleep around 330, shortly after i had returned to work. As many of you know my foundation rock during all this has been my ability to work through the days when i am feeling bad - i find that when i am working i am able to forget the bad feelings and that makes me feel better. It also allows work to get done, which i like. So this business of having to go home and sleep for five hours then being up all nite (since i had taken a five hour nap) therefore throwing the sleep schedule off for the next few days... not going to work. I will continue to peruse other solutions.
One other option i have been exploring is brewing my own kombucha. Thru the knowledge and generosity of Paula Z i have discovered that the kombucha you brew yourself tastes 1000 times better than the swill they sell over the counter. And it is good for your digestive system, and as wiki says - The Chinese called it the "Immortal Health Elixir," because they believed Kombucha balanced the Middle Qi (Spleen and Stomach) and aided in digestion, allowing the body to focus on healing.
FOCUS ON HEALING! That's the motto for me. I am changing today's title right now... Anyway i made my own batch and just bottled it up on saturday, i will let you know how it all turns out.
other random mutterings-
if you live in new jersey check out the ironbound district in newark. holy portuguese food batman. i have never, ever had bacalao that good but maybe b/c thats because i haven't been hanging out in worchester enough. there is talk of planning a trip back to one of the all-you-can-eat meat fest places, coz it's about half the cost of manhattan. Seriously james and i drove around here all day and it felt like we were a million miles away from the NYC.
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I thought your foundation rock was eating weird food all over the tri-state region and then analyzing how it affected your stomach. No?
brewing your own kombucha will, i suspect, be a very worthwhile effort. focus on healing...YES!
i can definitely eat more of that now that i am on the percisol, which somehow magically replaces my missing stomach lining every morning.
Jason, this is that annoying little blond kid from bricken pl in warson woods, just heard and wanted to dropa line and say that we are thinking of you all our prayers and kick the hell out of this thing. Like snake snake eyes did in Gi. Joe #18 or was it 21 i think it was twenty one i am sure you remember this issue the one with no words.anyways will keep posting here frequently and checking it out
Sincerely Jared Anderson
hey jared
i am sure that the collective we annoyed you just as much... good times tho. glad to hear from you hope you and all of yours are doing well. say hi to miles and your mom.
j
Jase,
catching up on your blog entries and loving them. I have to say that I am impressed with the fact that you (seem to) really love what you do and are able to use it as a strength to get you through the nausea, exhaustion, and bad days in general. I am having the opposite problem: work is MAKING me nauseous and exhausted. You think you could send your kombucha recipe my way? I am hoping that it could help me and maybe even the majority of corporate America. If it works, I'll bottle it, appeal to the masses, and split the profits with you.
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