Today is a different story. Not only has his nausea turned to actually being sick, but he also woke with a headache. Now to me a headache is simply a niggling pain that I know is there but I can work through or at worst needs 1 paracetamol to cure it. For Mike it is so bad that 2 paracetamol do little to alleviate the pain and until it goes away there is nothing he can do but curl up in a ball and hope.
Addendum:
For all those number people out there I thought I'd share some of Mike's numbers.
24/12
WBC: 7.0
Platelets: 167
Neutrophils: 6.4
30/12
WBC: 1.4
Platelets: 96
Neutrophils: 1.3
'1 paracetamol cures a headache' - is it cut with something? I can sympathise with the headache having 'suffered' with migraines - B didn't understand - he gets tension headaches and carries on! Cold helps soothe mine. Is it still snowy with you - could you wheel him outside? Or, maybe you need a sharper stick! ;D
ReplyDeleteSnow left us days ago and it's really quite mild outside. The ward of course is set at a permanent 25 degrees C!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt takes a few days for that darn Melphalan to kick in. Take heart though. It is only 2 or 3 days that you feel pretty bad. I know that can seem like a lifetime when it's you that feels so cruddy but it will go fast. The best thing Mike can do is take meds that will help him sleep through it. Over here, they use IV Ativan.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I gave Tim reflexology foot massages. Massaging the pressure points in the feet can make the whole body feel better and it was very soothing for him.
Lucky he is a hedgehog and not a porcupine if you are poking him with a stick!
ReplyDeletePoor Mike to be poked at all... here´s intending he is uncurling very soon!!
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people prone to headaches, migraine and colds. Usually, my first recourse is White Flower Embrocation (embrocation.50webs.com), also called White Flower Oil
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