u/dennysmith04

I finished my first week long round EP chemo last week, and I’m in my first week of two weeks of rest before my next cycle. So far, I haven’t felt terrible. The biggest pain is that one time my nurse took five tries before they got the IV right so now one of my arms hurts like hell and is bruised, and that has been very slow to recover.

I’m very thankful that this is not Ben a completely terrible experience, and then I’ve been learning how to deal with the after effects of chemo as time passes so that my next cycle will be easier to handle.

I’ve been trying to do a lot of positive thinking, and a new one just came to me as I looked in a mirror realized I looked like shit and decided to do grooming for me and my partner’s sake.

It is much much less difficult to shave my fishbowl when it’s half empty. It’s an enjoyable notion in my trying time.

Tl:dr : 1 ball is easier to shave than 2

Oh my god.

I had my first injection of EP chemo yesterday, and have to go in again every day this week.

I didn’t really experience any of the bad symptoms they referenced I might get, and my nausea was pretty low but my drowsiness was pretty high.
The worst part by far was my legs though. They got unbelievably sore. And have stayed sore since. Tylenol didn’t help much and neither did massaging them. Feels like a ran half a marathon at a sprinters pace the whole time.

That’s all, just wanted to rant about my first day