Two Days in to Week 2 - Nausea Issues & hopefully a resolution!

So far week two hasn't been too bad, however unfortunately Dave still has constant waves of nausea, mainly in the mornings though, from the aftermath of the chemotherapy, even with the smorgasbord of medications!!

I just don't feel this is quite right!!! So this morning I telephoned the chemo ward and spoke to the nurse and pharmacist about my/our concerns.  This was really good as we got an appointment straight away to see the Medical Oncologist today!!! So we headed in for the daily radiotherapy session scheduled at 12.40pm today, then afterwards headed over to chat with the MO and the pharmacist too.

Unfortunately Dave is in the low percentage that is experiencing this constant nausea feeling!!! Trust our Dave to be special!!! Anyhow we have now re-jigged the meds.  It still could be a try it and see what happens experience though!!!

So Dave's now taking :

Prochlorperazine maleate tabs 5mg x 1 and a Nausicalm tabs 50mg (cyclizine) x 1 as soon as Dave wakes up and up to twice more during the day if required.

Then if also needed during the day he can take an Ondansetron Wafer (Zofran Zydis) 8mg x 1, up to twice a day. 

As a last resort, if the above doesn't work, he can also take a Lorazepam tab 1mg at night time. Though this one will really zonk Dave out if he takes this as well as the Prochlorperazine!! MO has recommended we wait at least three days for adding this in if needed.

Fingers crossed that the Prochlorperazine and the Nausicalm works and he only has to take one of each first thing in the morning.

I am also going to book him in for an acupuncture session as this is supposed to help with nausea issues too.  

The other side effect which has kicked in already is hearing difficulties.  Dave said he has a constant ringing (tinnitus) and a muffling feeling in both ears!! Hopefully this will improve after all the treatment.

The weekend was nice and relaxing, it was so nice not have any appointments and be able to sleep and rest - though I didn't rest much on Saturday as I did lots of chores!!

Sunday Dave had cravings for a McDonalds cheese burger so went for a drive to fill the car up with fuel and get a cheeseburger, but then he saw the KFC sign and said I want fries from there first... OK, cool.  Drove in the drive in... then he said instead of a cheese burger I fancy chicken nuggets from KFC... things are looking up I thought!!! He enjoyed them both when we got home... me too!!!

The KFC must have given him a spurt of energy as afterwards he said lets go for a little walk.  :-)  So we went around the block and back in the sun... only a 15 minutes slow stroll, stopping along the way to chat to our neighbours Sherry and Les and admire their new landscaping.  Along with taking photos of our local wildlife!!  Dave was absolutely shattered when we got back home... so ice block and feet up in the media room to watch a movie and rest.

Dave supervising me!!!
I had my orders to scoop the leaves out of the pool :-) 

Actually one thing the MO did suggest was we should maybe look at staying somewhere close by in Newcastle to save not having to drive in and out for a couple of days... this would alleviate Dave from feeling nausea in the car too!!! So going to look into finding some accommodation.  Great suggestion!!

Chat again soon xx