Today starts Week 3. My first treatment of the week will be in about 20 minutes so I have time for a quick update. I had a great weekend at home with my family. That is, once I ditched my new med which I now know is Compazine. Remember that name, folks, and avoid it like the plague! That stuff was awful. I described it as having the creepy crawlies or heeby jeebies all over. I couldn't sit still. When I read the drug fact sheet, it described the usual side effects and then said that if any of these unusual side effects occur, call your doctor immediately: restlessness/agitation. Bingo! I never took another one. Fortunately I had some phenergan at home that was left over from a recent stomach bug. Phenergan is my new best friend and I had that Rx re-filled! Once that chief complaint was under control, the rest of the weekend was smooth sailing.
I did have a couple of other new side effects pop up this weekend. I now have sores in my mouth -- feels like a burn you get when you eat something too hot. And my taste buds are mostly shot. Things just aren't tasting the same. I'd say it's leaning more toward 'no taste' than 'bad taste' which I'm thinking is a good thing. Maybe now is the time to learn to eat tomatoes. NOT!
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