Wednesday, August 24, 2011

I Guess I'm All Better Now, or Maybe Not

Yesterday was my "meth injection", my weekly shot of methotrexate.  I spent the rest of the day dozing and not doing much of anything.  Then this morning, I had a 100% normal BM.  I mean really normal.  The kind of BM I haven't had in years.  As my sister joked, take a picture of it and post it on Facebook it is so normal.  I thought "wow, I guess I'm all better now!  I can go back to work, and I'll be feeling fine in no time.  Everything is great". Silly me.  I went to Target because we were out of milk, bread, juice and a bunch of other things.  As I'm in the store, I start to feel the sharp pains.  I am almost in agony.  Then I realized, I needed to get to a bathroom RIGHT NOW.  Luckily, I know where all the bathrooms are, and I wasn't far from the pharmacy bathroom.  So I run in there, and boom!  Explosive diarrhea  (ED).   Fantasy shattered! But wait.  Maybe that was an anomaly.  So I head home, unpack the groceries, and have to stop midway to run to the bathroom.  Again, ED.  After the groceries are put away, I watch some TV and decide to eat something today.  Boom!  More ED.  After talking to my sister for a bit on the phone, I come up to my room to read, but I don't get far before more ED, and more and more.  I guess I was too optimistic this morning with the one "perfect BM".  Then, I lay in bed to read, because all of the sudden, I am beyond exhausted.  Next thing I know, my son is in the room, telling me all about his trip to the zoo with his dad.  I couldn't even tell if it was the same afternoon or next morning.  I beg my husband for some more rest, and I sleep for about another hour and a half.

I guess I'm not cured.  I can't imagine how I'm going to live like this.  Any suggestions anyone?

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