A Busy Week

Boy what a week! Last Tuesday was the first day of the first grade for the twins so Robin and I walked them to class and did the whole parent thing. Wednesday morning the kids informed me that I could drop them at the curb to school and they would walk the rest of the way...my, how fast they grow up!

The mouth blisters were entirely out of control by Monday, but now seem better. Funny story there; I took what I thought was "50mg" (2 capsules) of Benadryl late Modday to help me sleep. That it did not do, but within 1 hour my mouth felt light years better and all the blisters had reduced. So I started taking the Benadryl every 8 hours. Last night Robin asked me what I had done to make my mouth better, so I told her that I was taking a "couple' of Benadryl 3x a day, but that tomorrow I would be dropping to 25mg. Robin reminded my that we were out of the 25's and asked if she should go get some...well, after going back and forth about the size of the capsules she grabbed the bottle and made me put my glasses on. It turns out that what I thought was a bottle of 25mg Benadryl capsules was actually a bottle of 50mg caps. So, the end result is that now I am actually taking 50mg 3 times a day, rather than 100mg 3 times a day. Oh yeah, and I have also been told that if I grab any more meds without wearing my glasses I'm gonna get my ass kicked!

We saw the Onc yesterday and have arranged for a follow-up CT of the Chest/Abd/Pelvis for 9/10. He has also ordered an MRI of the Brain and lisinopril for my blood pressure as he is worried about the bad headache I had over the weekend and my BP of 170/110. The Onc is also a bit perturbed that now I want a second opinion after he started treatment, but his MA is putting the papers and disks together for us.

I have had a couple of bites on the request for the name of a Renal Onc specialist...the front runner is a Surgical Onc at UCSF. Thanks to all who wrote me with names and suggestions.

Had some calls and emails from friends this week, at least one every day. Boy, do they help. I'd be lost without the support of my family abd friends.

Last dose for this cycle is tomorrow am. I can't wait.