This week again has been a bit of a bumpy one...not so much for me this time, but for Jon. About two weeks ago Jon started feeling sick, but let it go for a week thinking it was just a basic cold or due to the weather being so up and down that it may have been a sinus infection. I noticed he started getting weaker and just not himself. He came up to me the one day and showed me a massive lump under his right armpit and automatically I was kinda freaked out. I told him he needed to get it checked out right away but stubborn Jon still waited another 3 days or so. So then on Tuesday he comes in from work so weak practically not being able to function...and the lump was much bigger and he just didn't look well at all...so off to the ER we went. We went in and the poor guy has a 101 degree fever...blood pressure was sky high and was just not looking good at all. He got some blood testing done and blood cultures...oh and i thought it was bad getting all the blood work I have to get done but the one needle they used for Jon for the blood cultures was one of the thickest needles I have seen..I had to look away for that one. They also came in and took Jon back for an ultrasound of the armpit to see if he had an abscessed. The ultrasound came back negative for the abscessed but he did have three enlarged 5cm lymph nodes under his armpit which were pressing on his nerves in his armpit which in turn was making his hands and fingers go numb and feel like they were on fire. The Dr gave Jon some IV pain medicine which then brought Jon into" happy lala land." Jon has never had pain medicine before like that so it was kinda funny to watch him. He kept looking at me with this glazed over look and telling me to "take some of this stuff home with us." I was glad this was helping with the pain he was having and also giving us a few laughs to lighten the mood. The Dr came in and told us that this could all be caused from something called Cat scratch fever. I thought this was honestly something made up because i heard the term before but never heard of anyone having it. He said that one of our cats could have scratched him or bit him and caused a bacteria infection to go through Jons lymph node system to his armpit. Jon and i couldn't remember when our cats even tried to scratch or bite us or anything so we are still a bit skeptical on this diagnosis and are still waiting for some of the blood results to see what exactly happened...until then we just wait. They gave Jon some antibiotics, steroids and some painkillers and he is feeling much better now and the lumps under his arm are pretty much completely gone and only a bit of puffiness is left. He is pretty darn close to being back to his good old wacky self. :-) Thank goodness! It was so hard to see Jon going through this and I am so glad he is better...it really is so hard to see your other half feeling so down. I love him so much.
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As far as I go, I have been starting to feel somewhat better. Still sleeping quite a bit but getting a little bit more of my energy back. It is a good feeling. lets hope it stays that way for a bit. One of the things that I have been in awe of lately is my hair and the changes that are being made to it due to this chemo. It is not just the hair on my head either..my eyebrows have turned a blondish/white and my leg hair grows in white too(which i'm not complaining about) I have never had a gray hair (that I have seen anyway) and now it is growing in pure white. Also it is getting thinner and thinner. I always said I was an old soul.... :-) Its crazy because I do color my hair but this white hair is the type of hair that when i worked in the salon was a pain in the ass to color. It just doesn't take to color well. So it is what it is. I have been thinking about getting a fun wig. I have always had finer hair but now that its getting finer and finer and harder to style, I am thinking why not get a wig of a style I always wanted but couldn't have. Also with the fatigue it will be so nice to just be able to put on a little makeup and throw on a wig and head out the door. Plus i think i could really have fun with this. Something I am really considering. Well that is all for now my friends, go out and enjoy this beautiful day...until next time.
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| Hair starting to thin pretty bad...normally i would never take a picture like this but I want my blog to show all the sides of cancer.... |
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| Look at those lovely white roots!! ;-) |
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