Without going into a lot of detail, there was a period of about three weeks when I was doing the radiation and before they decided to stop, that I was retaining water like crazy and at the same time losing electrolytes to a dangerous level. During that period of time, I was getting two hours a day of infusions of electrolytes at Dr. Bhoola's office as my blood count showed that there were some very serious issues. Each day I was gaining between two and three pounds. So over a three week period of time in February and March, there were three different times that I gained over 25 pounds and then lost it. It wasn't fun to go in see that I gained two to three pounds when I was hardly eating. I did know that it was water weight because of the infusions but it was still demoralizing. This is a very long story so I am just going to tell the part of the story that was humorous.
In late March just before I was scheduled for chemo, I went in for an infusion. Once again I had gained another three pounds putting me higher than I have been in many years. The nurse said that we wouldn't do any more infusions until and unless Dr. Bhoola felt it was needed. That was a Friday. I went in on Tuesday and was weighed and I literally lost 25 pounds over the weekend. Although I had fluctuated several times, I had never lost so much over a three day period.
Now to the funny part of this story--I sent a text to Shane and our Board President, Lori. This was in the middle of the gaining and losing. I let them know that I may NOT be able to go to the Tuesday night meeting because my pants might be too tight (which was very true). They, of course, had a good laugh and sent me some funny memes. I think that was probably a new "reason" for not attending a meeting. Tuesday came along and when I was weighed and lost so much over the weekend, now I was worried that my pants might be too loose (and they were). But I did promise them that I would wear pants with an elastic waist band so that I wouldn't have my pants fall down in the middle of the meeting!
What a conundrum! Can't attend a public meeting one day because pants are too tight and maybe can't attend because pants might be too loose!
Fortunately, I have mostly maintained the lower weight (even lost a few more pounds) over the last few weeks. I am still not eating very well but some days are better than others! I am trying to eat good, healthy food and have protein shakes when I absolutely don't have any appetite. And of course, I am taking a lot of supplements. Fortunately, my blood work was back to a normal place before I had my last chemo.
As I have said many times in my life, I have to find the humor in situations. It helps me cope!!
TO BE CONTINUED..............................!
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