Barbara did not have diarrhea today, so that is a good sign and hopefully it will not start back up. We did 1000mg (down from 1150 at night) of the Chemo pills both morning and evening yesterday and will continue that dosage today to see if her nausea will get any better. The nausea did seem to be about the same today as yesterday and not any worse, so maybe it will start to improve without having to reduce the dosage any more. I left a message with her Oncologist telling him we had reduced the dosage as described above and asked about what we should do if the lower dosage is still keeping her nausea too high. He is in Farmington tomorrow, so we should get some direction from him sometime tomorrow. The nurses in Farmington are very good about working with the doctors and staying on top of any issues or concerns.
Her tingling does seem to be getting a little better each day, but it is still pretty bad when it gets triggered. She tries to be careful, but sometimes it can still get triggered. Sometimes we are not sure what caused it to get triggered, but we know that touching something cold or even her getting chilled can trigger it.
We did the 5mg of Melatonin again last night and it did help her sleep for several hours, but I would like to see her sleep a little longer so we may go up to 10mg tonight which is the highest standard dosage. The sleep she got last night is not bad, but if she can get a couple more hours, that would be better.
I heard today that Carla sent the gloves and wanted to Thank her again. They are really helping.
Wayne
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