Disclaimer: this is a report of live cancer in me delivered as dispassionately as possible to ensure the report stays more informational than melodramatic.
Morphine jumped to 60 mg per day and it was supposed to go 120 mg per day. The higher dose would likely have meant I sleep all day rather than most of it. There is no lament since pain is greatly reduced and, likely due to the anti-nausea med, I haven't so felt as sick as has been common in this saga.
The anti-anxiety medication may be the cause of so much sleeping and that's how it has gone during the time since the report last evening. I have been as compliant as possible with the medical orders and compliance should go to full as tolerance to the drugs improves.
The big cats are the big drugs and all are in-play now. The prospect of starting them had been terrifying in the last report but now they're more like an annoying hassle mostly because they work albeit at the expense of a great deal of sleep time.
The situation remains generally copacetic since there doesn't appear to be any significant diminution of cognitive abilities as yet; I've just been so wiped out there was no way to bring much to you.
Ritz crackers are the current means for nutritive salvation and Nurse Wendy emphasized the importance of anything like that to reduce nausea. The nutritive aspect isn't that important since gobs of protein and vitamins come with a Boost protein drink and I'm drinking one of those now as well.
There has been a great deal of skin cancer on me for quite some time ... but ... there is no evidence and there has not been the suggestion that cancer metastasized to create this one in my lungs. It may not have seemed sensible to allow the surgeries to remove the cancers but none of that was significant enough to invoke the Exit Plan and during that time there wasn't a strong indication an Exit Plan would be needed.
The current missive is being written a couple of hours early because it's important to get it done since I'll start munching the meds in a couple of hours as well to start the cycle and that's the time this report will be released; it will be on a timed bake until then.
Zen Yogi: what does a timed bake do?
Nothin' since we're not baking cookies but it will keep a somewhat arbitrary schedule accurate.
Zen Yogi: I don't like cookies either because they're too dry
Too right, Yogi, but you keep your focus on fried chicken and all will be good.
Greatly-reduced pain is the primary message in this and it's real, ML. Just as I said yesterday, I won't soften the content or omit anything since that may result in more pain to you and others. Therefore, the plan is give it up straight or it will only waste your time.
Much love to you all.
Morphine jumped to 60 mg per day and it was supposed to go 120 mg per day. The higher dose would likely have meant I sleep all day rather than most of it. There is no lament since pain is greatly reduced and, likely due to the anti-nausea med, I haven't so felt as sick as has been common in this saga.
The anti-anxiety medication may be the cause of so much sleeping and that's how it has gone during the time since the report last evening. I have been as compliant as possible with the medical orders and compliance should go to full as tolerance to the drugs improves.
The big cats are the big drugs and all are in-play now. The prospect of starting them had been terrifying in the last report but now they're more like an annoying hassle mostly because they work albeit at the expense of a great deal of sleep time.
The situation remains generally copacetic since there doesn't appear to be any significant diminution of cognitive abilities as yet; I've just been so wiped out there was no way to bring much to you.
Ritz crackers are the current means for nutritive salvation and Nurse Wendy emphasized the importance of anything like that to reduce nausea. The nutritive aspect isn't that important since gobs of protein and vitamins come with a Boost protein drink and I'm drinking one of those now as well.
There has been a great deal of skin cancer on me for quite some time ... but ... there is no evidence and there has not been the suggestion that cancer metastasized to create this one in my lungs. It may not have seemed sensible to allow the surgeries to remove the cancers but none of that was significant enough to invoke the Exit Plan and during that time there wasn't a strong indication an Exit Plan would be needed.
The current missive is being written a couple of hours early because it's important to get it done since I'll start munching the meds in a couple of hours as well to start the cycle and that's the time this report will be released; it will be on a timed bake until then.
Zen Yogi: what does a timed bake do?
Nothin' since we're not baking cookies but it will keep a somewhat arbitrary schedule accurate.
Zen Yogi: I don't like cookies either because they're too dry
Too right, Yogi, but you keep your focus on fried chicken and all will be good.
Greatly-reduced pain is the primary message in this and it's real, ML. Just as I said yesterday, I won't soften the content or omit anything since that may result in more pain to you and others. Therefore, the plan is give it up straight or it will only waste your time.
Much love to you all.
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