Sunday, December 6, 2009
My nurse says to me,"People don't die from cancer they die from chemotherapy."
Wooooooooweeeeee!!!!!! Hot damn I been through some strange shit this past week. As I have spoke of before the constipation issues are harsh and they are still definitely plagueing me with plug. My last dose went as planned though I needed two doses of Nuepogen which is a chemical that stimulates white blood cell growth. My white blood cell count was 100 after my last treatment compared to that of any normal count which is around 4500. With counts this low my chances of catching a cold are like the chances of hitting traffic on the 5 on Friday afternoon. This has me made one of those weirdo OCD people who carries hand sanitizer around in their pocket and doesn't shake peoples hands. Yesterday I was having lunch in public and using a napkin to hold the ketchup bottle and I caught these people looking at me all strange half rolling their eyes. Got some gnarly joint aches this time around which were basically putting me on the bench, coupled with gastronomical stomach pain and flooring fatigue I was basically a sack of bones for the last week or so. I didn't sleep for three nights straight cause my stomach was bloated to the point of having a front butt, found myself walking around the neighborhoods at four in the morning to try to find some catharsis for my cringing carcass. It's kind of weirdly cool having no sleep schedule and nothing to be on time for, I find myself in really odd circumstances. With all the shatner that came along with this last dose and all that didn't.......hehehe.... I'm finally back producing some results in the lavatory after taking crack fiend doses of mirlax, milk of magnesia, senna, prune juice and coffee all simultaneously trying to get the party started. Been back on the high energy tip the past two days and on my bike again, even went and skated asswell which always gives me some groundation. So here I am sitting in this way too fucking familiar living room in my sedimentary position on the sofa plunking away on the keys again as the snow flurries are bustling in the sky out the front window and the furnace fights the ongoing fight against the twenty degree temps outside. I miss you guys so much, I miss..... I miss.....I miss....This thing is a third of the way through at this point and I will win and I will figure out how to control these side effects. I will be on the road again and be visiting all I so dearly cherish so very soon. I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm scared and I'm fucking winning this fight. Love You all, thanks for listening. Stick
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You truly are the bravest human being I know duder! Your resolve in the face of constant pending doom is nothing less than inspirational. U give your friends and family a whole new perspective on life and remind us of what it truly means to be alive, loved and happy. Keep fightin' buddy....u got this demon on the ropes and it's showing you its jugular vein, time to pull the knife...
ReplyDeleteFuck that cancer bitch up Stick.....you the man.
ReplyDeletehey nick!
ReplyDeletejust wanted to stop by and say hey..i hope youre having a decent day! :) well im in school and im supposed to be working on my speech...haha...so i have to go, but im looking forward to seeing you soon! love&miss you lots!
Keep charging hard Nick. Let me know when/if you need a visitor for a day. I'll hop a southwest flight and be there in a couple hours. Bryan
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