arm pain

Rocquie said:

Pain

GG,

I have not experienced the pain you describe but I have had all my infusions through a port in my chest, never in an arm vein. 

I encourage you to call your oncologist's office to report your symptoms. You are not being paranoid and shouldn't feel stupid. Anxiety is normal and no one will think less of you because of it. Your care team will take all your symptoms seriously, so please don't suffer unnecessarily.

Love,

Rocquie

 

Thanks Rocquie, 

I agree and I will. 

I had such an easier time my first time on Rituxin but now Neulasta and Bendamustine are part of the treatment so it's been harder. 

I will call in morning. Unless it gets worse. I think the heating pad helped .

Always greatful for the support. 

~GG~

Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 said:

Noggin Nock
GG,
When I had my wreck in 1986 I had a severe concussion and extremely low oxygen for many hours (collapsed lung and caved-in chest cavity), and then went on a ventilator for 16 days. I was blind the first night, but could see the next day. No one has ever expIained that to me. Some of the docs told my mom "he will most likely have serious to severe organic brain damage." I stuttered for about a year and had no memory for longer than that. About a month after that my ear itched, and when I scratched it I pulled out a piece of windshield glass, so I must have head impact at some point. It is not clear, because I do not remember being ejected, but was found about 10 feet from the car. I do recall the initial impact, and was awake all the way to the ER. I have had two serious wrecks since.

My point is that accident recovery can take a long time, but the brain can recover and reestablish neurological circuits. This can take years, but I know it happens. I went back to college and esrned an B.A. and went to grad school, and learned German and some Yiddish, and can read a minimal amount of Dutch now. Head injury with chemo fog has got to be bad, but chemo fog clears faster than trauma, so you might get clear-headed faster than you think.

I leaned back and fell out of a computer chair an hour ago, and almost couldn't get up, my back arthritis is so bad. Several meds I am on cause dizziness, so I almost feel like I am back in that foggy time. You will think clearly soon !
max

Holy smokes!!! I think it's amazing that your even alive. I can't thank you enough for sharing that. I have to remember that I've got to give myself a break and this healing thing is not gonna happen overnight. After I was hit from behind. I was stopped at a light this other driver hit me going 50 to 60 mph. I remember standing in the intersection with my hands on the back of my head screaming oh my God my head , Oh my God ! Because it was swelling up like a water ballon.Then I passed out (again) and hit the asphalt and hit my head again!  The first hit was the head rest that isn't that soft when you hit it that hard then where the metal strip and glass come together. I never heard the helicopter they put me in until I saw the blades. So then the trauma center I was taken to didn't keep me over night and actually sent me home with a bleeding head. I bled threw the night. That night I had seizure activitie and was in ER next morning. The story continues but I'll spare you.  Unfortunately the driver was possibly under the influence .  I won't know for a while my attorney is just on phase one of a long process.  She has a history DUI. she didn't have insurance eather. It's a real mess. I to shouldn't have walked away. I still wander how my neck didn't snap. God once again was with me.

Thanks Max....your so full of compact , great information. 

~GG~

Jeff148 said:

I can't help it.

I like to babble. By the way Giving Grace, when you get through this, will you be going fishing to celebrate? I know Sue also likes to fish. I sure hope her eye is getting better. (more babbling). Oh, I want to brag for a second too. After I received the good news, I signed up for a bass tournament to fish with my dad. He and I have fished 3 bass tournaments over the years and have done ok, but never won. This year we took first. It wasn't a big tourney, but it was against some really good fishermen. It was almost like it was meant to be. IT was surreal. Here is a link to the picture of my dad and I.

www.puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2014/2014_Mickelsen_Open/Mickelsen_2014_Results.html

If you look close you can see the outline of my port. Just so you know, all the fish were released alive after the tournament. My pops and I didn't really fit in with the crew of overall wearing guys. However, it inspired me to do no shave November.

Ya'll are a hoot!

Thanks for the laughter I got.

Jim .....Wow! That's great ! What an experience ! I have actually never fished for bass. I might just look into that. Don't you have to keep in a boat like your troling?

Where I'm at its mostly trout. I have fished for some catfish . I actually caught a turtle the size of a serving plate and a 23 lb channel catfish.  That was fun. I would like to go to Alaska before I'm 65 and fish for salmon. 

About being a baby....I get really nervous during my infusions I actually pulled my iv out of my hand because the nurse flushed it before she pulled it out  because I was finished and I felt the temperature change as she started flushing and I pulled the sucker right out.