Mike Reaches a Breaking Point

He did it. He had all he could take. He ordered a PIZZA!

After three days of consuming rabbit food, Mike couldn't take it anymore, and persuaded the kind people at the front desk to order him a pizza for delivery to the hospital. And he did this while I was choking down my dinnertime supplements with the help of filtered water, sweet potatoes, and carrot soup. By the time the pizza arrived, I was through, and we took the pizza to our room for him to enjoy without everyone in the hospital knowing he couldn't take it for more than three days.

This actually started the day we arrived, and he held out as long as he could. In the meantime, he has tried soy milk, numerous vegetables he's never seen before, a wide variety of fruits, some interesting grain dishes (many of which he really likes), and tofu. Yup. Tofu. He's not fond of it.

It's Saturday, and this has been an uneventful day with the exception of the pizza. I haven't felt too well, so I have spent most of it in bed. On the first day, I think I mentioned the buffet of supplements I was given. There's a ton of them, and I have taken every single one I have been given so far. But not without some side effects. Apparently detox is an important part of the treatment here. They don't really tell you how the detox works, really. For some, I guess, they detox from sugar, caffeine, and things like that, which I don't have to worry about since I've already been thorough that. But I think some of those supplements are meant to help your system cleanse itself, if you know what I mean. I have spent a large part of my day in the restroom letting my body "cleanse". And the rest of the day on the bed recovering. I'm sure that in a few days I will feel much better.

I'd like to come back to the supplements. I'm still not clear what they are, but I'm sure some are the fish-oil capsules that are the omega-3 oils, some are multivitamins, some are enzymes, antioxidants, and things like that. But the quantity! I get one of those week-long pill organizers with labels that say "breakfast", "2hr. after breakfast", "lunch", "2 hr. after lunch", "dinner", "2 hr. after dinner", and then "bedtime". The mealtime boxes are the fullest, ranging from 13-16 pills EACH, and the in-between times only have 2-3 each. I'm literally stuffing myself with pills! I've probably gained weight, and it's probably all supplements! At night they come take it from me (empty, of course) so they can refill it for me by morning. Ugh! No wonder I don't feel good!

Today was also my second day to have all my treatments. Well, actually, they didn't do one today, because they don't do it on the weekend, but I had all the others. They really don't make me feel too bad. I get them in my room through my port, so I don't have to get stuck each time. That's a blessing! Some people who haven't ever had any chemo have no port and must get stuck repeatedly.Tomorrow will be even less eventful , since all I have tomorrow is supplements. Sometimes this is so hard, especially when I think about how many days I will take those supplements. So I try not to think about it.

Well, even though I spent the day in bed, I'm sleepy so I'm going to sign off. Oddly enough, I have noticed less of a need for pain pills last 2 days. Maybe that will continue.

It's sure good to hear from all of you as you read this. Keep the comments coming. They're fun to read. And somebody eat a brownie for me please. I'm needing one pretty bad right now. Take care!