My throat is starting to get pretty sore again, so instead of waiting till tomorrow morning for the tell-tale burning feeling, I just slapped on another 25 patch. Not in the mood to feel the pain again. So I’m up to 125 mcg/hr fentanyl transdermally. Dr. Greenberg said today that I can easily go up to 200 if need be. Good news to me!
Tube feeding is going okay. I did vomit after my second feeding today (so only 3 feedings total when I finally got the courage up to do the last feeding). That’s happened before, but not as bad as today. I took a Zofran before, but at the same time and not a few minutes beforehand. Took if 30 minutes earlier for the 3rd feeding. Good thing I have the ODTs (orally disintegrating tablets) and can drink 7up to help them go down. So my belly is a sight with 3 patched and the tube.
My neck is starting to get a bit red too as you can see in the picture. Still no open wounds, but still have 2 weeks to go, so we shall see if there’ll be any damage.
Finally sleeping better. I sleep, wake up, spit up, and go back to sleep. I might be doing that every 30-60 minutes, but I’m not getting up to flush out and clean my mouth which is making for mostly sleeping. My body is enjoying it.
Dinner today from Kara Lane, poppy seed chicken, was apparently quite tasty. Wonderful woman! She also took Hektor after school today for Derek to play with again. I’m hoping that’ll continue beyond my illness. She’s such a lovely person and Hektor likes playing with Derek. I’m hoping many of these relationships extend beyond my treatment and medical problems. I’m meeting some awesome people around me.