That's basically what dad told me that he and mom are feeling these days. Don't know which way they're going half the time.
Today dad is dealing with the whole potassium thing. He picked up the medication from the hospital pharmacy, but the pharmacist mentioned that one of the water pills mom is taking for her blood pressure actually holds on to potassium and they're trying to reduce mom's potassium level. So, then dad spent time trying to research the cancer center and find out if mom is supposed to take that water pill while they're trying to reduce the potassium or not. He didn't have an answer yet when I spoke to him about a half hour ago.
On top of it, the one thing that mom has been able to ingest is orange juice. She's drinking bottles of orange juice all day. But orange juice is full of potassium. So the one thing she can actually tolerate could actually be causing her more problems.
It's just a constant struggle to even things out. Dad mentioned to the nurse that mom is really tired and constantly cold and the nurse said that both those things are, unfortunately, side affects of chemo. It's just all so frustrating.
Although for now, mom's stomach doesn't seem to be bothering her as much so I'm hoping that's a positive sign that maybe the chemo is actually doing something for it. Only time will tell I suppose.
This is mom's week off of chemo...we'll see how it goes. It would be great if she could have a week without a hospital visit. Although I wish she could feel better to actually enjoy her time off. And I'd like dad to have some down time too.
But I guess we all just keep putting one foot in front of another...and keep up hope that things will improve.
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