Round three update

This last round hit me really hard. During the chemo treatments I started getting acid reflux. This is not something that I would have to deal with prior to my treatments. I began taking Pepcid and continued the next week after my round ended. I also had to deal with very bad nausea. They changed my nausea meds to Zofran which I love! The stuff works great. But the acid reflux continued to get worse. It started to get harder and harder to eat and even drink. Ramen noodles felt like a brick going down and cold water felt like glass. And I could feel it going all the way down... It was horrible. My mouth was also very irritated. I was afraid that I may have a mouth sore. Finally it got to the point where I had to call the doctor. He was afraid that I may have a sore that was not yet infected but close to it. He also though my blood count was getting too low, so I had to go in for blood work and a check up. That night I had a low grade fever, which I had to monitor through the night. It scared me. Turns out, it was a really bad case of acid reflux. He had me start carafate, a liquid that should work better than pepcid. He was going to give me until Monday and if it did not get better, then I will have to see a GI doctor.

Luckily this medication worked wonders! I can eat and drink now. Though the med is so expensive, I asked if I could try the pill form instead. Hopefully it will work through the next round of treatments because I really do not want to see a GI doctor and have a scope put down my throat. I can't believe how hard this last round was. I lost ten pounds in one week, it's crazy. During the first two rounds, this week I would be back to somewhat normal. Now, my mouth is still sore, I just started eating normally on Sunday and that is still not "normal". I am a little worried to see how the next round will be. Yes, I have better nausea and reflux meds, but what next? The one good thing was that the Neulasta shot did not hurt as much this time, only had to take one pain pill.

Round 4 of chemo is scheduled to start on Monday. On one hand I am so tired and not ready to start another round. On the other, I want to hurry up and get next week over with. Then I will be closer to the finish line.