Kevin is very tired this week. He's managing it well--takes a short nap at lunch and again in the evening after supper. But it's discouraging to him to be so tired all the time.
The side effects have been strong this week. Nothing tastes good courtesy of the cell killing efforts of 5-FU. He's still eating once I set something down in front of him--largely because he knows his drug kicked stomach will rebel more if left on its own.
The cold induced sensitivity is strong in his mouth and hands. Gloves are an absolutely necessity outside and even in the the grocery store. He doesn't have as much of the throat sensitivity as some people, but that has increased as well.
His head hurts, he feels achy and has a mild nauseous feeling much of the time. Kind of like those days when you're first getting (or getting over) the flu and the symptoms hang on and on. Tylenol helps a lot and we keep a pretty strict schedule through the days of chemotherapy.
It bothers him when he doesn't bounce back from chemotherapy week as quickly as he expected to. Part of it is feeling like he's failed to hit a goal and part of it is worry that this marks the time we've been warned about--when side effects begin to grow exponentially with each treatment.
I know he's thinking "I feel like crap already, how much worse is it going to get and for how long?"
Paige and Josh will be here for a couple of his Spring Break days. Kevin is looking forward to the distraction of exploring old and new places with them.
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