My Friends

Per our convo I have a backup plan for herbal medicinals should the need arise.

Still praying for you. FYI, I'm on a couple of meds that wreck my digestive track. All week long discomfort and most weeks a visit from either diarrhea or nausea ending in violent vomiting, so I can sympathize. In my case the health outcome is a decent trade-off but it is tiring.

Bob

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Originally Posted by Aragorn243

Two weeks into the chemo pills. She doesn't like them. She has to take four in the morning and four in the evening. It's somewhat awkward because there is food intake required and the schedule doesn't really meet our eating schedule. But she's making due. Contrary to what she was told, they are making her sick. Not badly but upset stomach, headaches and sometimes chest pain are bothering her. They also make her feel cold all the time which is fun because I'm roasting now. No other weird side effects so far. One they seemed really concerned about which hasn't materialized is her hands and feet drying out. She's using cream and being preventative.

All in all, she has a pretty good attitude about it. We can do normal things for the most part and she isn't as ill as during regular chemo. First cycle of two weeks taking pills is over. Now one week with none and then three more cycles to go.

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Seems never ending...
Keep fighting you both!

The joys of Fed Ex:

I'm perhaps just not understanding the process. She gets the chemo drugs through the "mail". They know she starts her cycle on Monday. They ship them Thursday overnight knowing that Fed Ex does not deliver over the weekend. Fed Ex is notified they must be delivered after 2:30 PM. When does Fed Ex attempt to deliver them? 12:23, roughly both times they have attempted to deliver them. Neither time was she home. The first time, they came back after the medical company, and she pushed them hard enough. This time they did not. She's very angry. They won't deliver them until Monday at 2:30 which is 5 hours late for her to take them. And I have a very strong suspicion they will attempt to deliver them at 12:23 again.

So here's the thing. They have an entire week where she doesn't take them that they could send them to her to take care of this last second problem which has occurred twice out of two attempts. They could have sent all four cycles to her at the same time at the beginning of the treatment. They could send them to the chemo center which is open all day during Fed Ex delivery times. This may be where they send them from now on, but this does not help this particular cycle. They could send them UPS which does deliver over the weekend.

Fed Ex could also deliver them when they are instructed to do so knowing they are medications which are needed.

Postal systems seem to have their own agenda Steve its not just the US that has issues with stuff being delivered or not being delivered even when they say it's going to be there!
But I agree with you because this is a medical situation that is critical then their delivery should be at a time specified by you end of story!

For any deliveries requiring a signature I change the delivery to a fed ex store near work. It is much easier than trying to coordinate being home.

So the Fed Ex driver did show up early yesterday, fortunately my wife was home as it was a holiday. The driver did apologize for Friday, did say she was just taking a chance in coming early and would have come back the same day if needed. They have it in their paperwork that it is emergency medical delivery goods and claimed Friday's Driver is new and simply didn't understand the process. I'm not really buying it but my wife is content and that's what matters.

Yes...we are less than 2 weeks from surgery and I'm already in the mindset of maximum flexibility when it comes to my wife and her mindset. I know my outward calmness irritates her at times but she has never really understood that's how I prepare for upcoming maximum stress.

Vladislev Tretiak talked about staying calm when a game is slow because it won't stay that way.

Getting the prescription Doc, drug supplier, and delivery people coordinated is like herding cats. Been through this wringer myself, and am still doing so. Maddening. Makes you wonder how the dang planet manages to keep rotating sometimes. Good thing humans aren't in charge of it.