Being up all day Wednesday trying to manage a nap but could not due to the 'sprucing up' that required the handyman to be inside the house for a time. Took all narcotics with us and password protected the computer as they needed to be in this house while we were in Atlanta. Had daughter-in-law house sit while they were in the house. I did not want her or the handman's young sons that were helping him peeking in our stuff soo I password protected the puter!
Nephew showed up at about 2:15am, loaded up the scooter and we were on our way to Atlanta. Nephew as normal was all over the road and I had no problems staying awake. Stopped just out of Atlanta and refueled the truck before going through the major headache of Atlanta. Got to the VA hosp around 5 am-central time.
Going through Atlanta was horrid! We were hoping the traffic would be light that early in the morning, noooooo! It was just as bad as the 5 pm rush hour. Had to call out nephew's name as he was approaching the tail end of a mid-sized tractor trailer truck a bit too fast!
After parking in the garage we walked and had to cross the street. The wheel chair access was designed like a maze for rats! Bf had to go up and down this 'maze' three or four times before arriving at the door!
Went in the VA hosp and declaired the need for roller blades for the walking we did. Bf had his scooter so he was ok. Nephew and I sat in a waiting room on the first floor while bf had his blood work and visit to his doctor were done. Do not know how he did it but Nephew nodded off in those uncomfortable chairs. I tried, just as I was about asleep, I hear my name and we go to onocology.
When he went in for his chemo on the third floor, nephew and I found went to find the 'smoke hole' which is on the third floor parking garage. We were walking across a bridge over where we entered the garage when we got here and noticed all we had to do was use the elevator and bf would have never had to go through this maze!
After a smoke, nephew and I got something to eat in the cafateria. They had a sort of a Burger King, a sub place, a pizza place and a place where you could get chicken and a section that had 'real' food. Dumplings, meatloaf, assorted veggies. Could not get coffee there as they had sweet and low and what ever that stuff has in it makes me sick for a week! So I had to get a soda instead to go with my meal.
After eating we headed back to the onocology waiting room and just before it I noticed a small coffee shop just before the waiting room. I checked and saw they had equal. Yay! I can get some coffee as I can handle that sweetner! I get my coffee put the equal in it, some non dairy creamer and take a taste and said Wwwoow, this is sssstrong! I added some half n half and it slightly cut the strength! Told nephew this could make hair grow on my chest!
I had not yet done my 'constitutional' for the day as we had been traveling and the stress of it usually binds me up. It did this to me again and told nephew that this was going to be a tough day for me and told him why.
Nephew went back to his truck to get a nap and I sat in the waiting room drinking that strong coffee and listened to the news on the tv. I got up to leave and visit the canteen when the soap operas started. Threw the empty coffee cup out and went a couple of steps and...needed a restroom. Coffee did it's job. I was no longer bound up, thank goodness.
Went to the canteen and looked to see what they had. Bf needs some button up shirts they had plenty of them but not one in his size! The shirts they had for women all looked like maternity shirts! After purchasing what I got..cookies for the trip back and a diet soda, went to the bathroom again!
Went in and sat with bf in the onocology room for a while and met his doctor asked him some questions and what he recommends, etc. My phone rang and told bf who it was before I even looked on the phone and told him what they would want. It was nephew wondering where I am. I was correct!
Went back out for another smoke, found nephew, and he had a smoke as well. His wife called and told him someone tried to break into their house again but the alarm scared them off. And a friend of there's was in a car accident the day before. A Montgomery cop hit him and totaled both cars! Cop is at fault too!
Went back in and nephew went in to see his uncle (one visitor at a time back there) and sat with him until he was done with his drips and left the hospital about 4:30 Eastern time.
The traffic out of Atlanta, rush hour, was bumper to bumper for about an hour and a half! After we got on the other side of Atlanta, we stopped at a Blimpies (sub sandwich shop) and got food, gas and restroom stop.
Had to ask bf to move his arm away from the back of my neck as I value my neck greatly and you keep gripping it when nephew causes him to do so with his driving! I am still trying to doze and happen to glance over at the speed and nephew was going 90..with the flow of the traffic..bf also noticed it and said 'son, asshole is wore out chewing your truck seat, could you hold up on the speed?'
Got home around 8 Central time. After unloading, nephew left. Bf and I managed to get something to drink and he had a little bite to eat. Bf was talking to his daughter on my phone when it rang. Strange, supposed to beep. The phone dropped his call. I checked the phone and there was a voice message that sounded like a baby. The phone indicated it was my sister. So I call her and..no, she did not call..Hmm! I talked to her for a long bit. Son also called and told me about Anna Nicole Smith. Seems like the phone has been screwing up more since the merger (Cingular/AT&T/Bellsouth). I went to the bedroom at 9:30 and slept till around 3. Got up long enough for a potty break, check on bf...sound asleep..and went back to sleep.
Bf had been hurting from the hair on his head to the nails on his toes. He got into the chair for his drip and they gave him a shot of morphine through his IV. He said 30 minutes later, there was no pain anywhere. That no-pain-anywhere lasted til about 7 this morning. He is hurting again but not as bad as he was before the chemo. He is now throwing up. Do not know what to do. I can handle my own kids throwing up when they were small. Cannot handle an adult throwing up!
My right arm, neck, under arm had started hurting so bad on the trip back that even my chest was hurting so bad it was hard to get a good breath. Could not unhook my bra, or lift my arm above my head. Had to brush my hair with my left hand. I normally use my right. I had adjusted the zipper on my jacket to where I could put my right hand in--like a make shift sling.
Woke up the next day and I still was in great pain. Could not do anything with my arm. After another long speach and lecture from bf, I finally took one of bf's Loritab 7.5 around 2pm. and layed down. Did not sleep, just laid there. Everytime I was almost asleep, my body would jerk back awake. After two hours of this I got back up. Still feel the effects of the Loritab but the arm still hurts as well. I can lift it above my head, sort of.
I have to be hurting bad to take someone else's prescription. This is the first time I have done this. He has tried to do this before and I had refused.
So I am seeing how long I can last here. Bf is watching Law&Order....again! I think we have seen every episode 4-5 times! I stopped watching after the 2nd repeat!
Bf, again, brought a piece of the hospital with him. Everytime he leaves that place he has a pillow, or blanket, or jammies, etc. with him! This time it was a SECOND thermal blanket. So we each have one! He used it on the way home as the truck had no heat. I told them both I am ok since I am sitting in the middle, I get the warmth from them..with the exception of my feet. I also wanted bf to use all of the blanket since he needed more than I did.
