I had chemo number 5 today but yesterday I saw the Nurse Practitioner for my labs, etc. My magnesium is still low, even on supplements so they added another bag of fluids today and added magnesium to it. Hopefully it will come back to normal once my last chemo is done. I also asked about muscle twitching I have been having, especially around the eyes and she said that was probably from fatigue and suggested a natural sleep aid for me. I tried it last night but I was busy doing some things during my “fall asleep window” and ended up being up all night. Oh well. Hopefully tonight will go better. It’s a melatonin sleep aid with 10 milligrams of melatonin, a fast acting one and an extended release one. Today chemo went fine, no side effects yet, expecting those Sunday afternoon or Monday. Of course, I am fatigued but who wouldn’t be, right? LOL.
Meanwhile, I spoke with the Office of Community Care at the VA, the plastic surgeon’s office and left a message at my breast surgeon’s office. We are trying to get the plastic surgeon approved through the VA. So far, they are approved on the referral for the breast surgeon but that only lasts until Feb. So, I have an appointment with the plastic surgeon on January 10th, my breast MRI on January 11 and my follow up with the breast surgeon on January 17th. The plastic surgeon’s office said they are going to try to get a rush on the surgery to get it in before the current referral expires. I called community Care to see if we can extend the current referral time and left a message with the breast surgeon’s office about how to accomplish that. I am hoping to get the referral dates extended because my mom wants to be here for the surgery and we were planning on February or March.
That’s all for now. Thanks for all your support!!
I will be there regardless of when it is but am hoping they can get it set in February so your body has time to recover from the effects of the chemo. Love you!