Unconvincing Lies From Nurses

[ricevermicelli]

I think that, very early in nursing school, maybe just after they teach nurses to take basic vital signs, they teach them a series of unconvincing lies to tell to patients. Things like "Everyone says the first/second/third cycle of this chemo is the worst," and "We might be able to get you a VNA for the twice a day injections," and "I just use a fluid precaution because I work with adriamycin all day." I am not finding any of this particularly helpful today.

It is the third cycle of wretched chemo, which is the worst so far. I am digging myself out of a very deep hole of nausea and exhaustion, and I can't really tell anymore whether I'm hungry or nauseated. Which I guess means that some of the drugs are working?

I'm working on a sweater for Danger Lad! I finished one for Hotspur, but I don't know if it fits - I took her measurements and then lost them. I have not managed to take DL!'s measurements at all, I took a measuring tape to a sweatshirt of his in one dimension and I'm guesstimating the rest. Things would probably go better if I managed to get a tape measure around the actual boy, but it's hard to get him to stand still. I'll measure before I start the sleeves.

I'm running a conference at work this week. My backup person has been briefed to within an inch of his life.

Comments

[buxom-bey.livejournal.com]

Okay I understand that this was so not the point of your post, and you have my permission to smack me up the side of my head, but oh my god how do you do it all?! The knitting and the work conference are fairly impressive on their own, but to pull it off while you're zapped with chemo, damn woman. I guess that child the Kents found was actually a girl.

I assume there's a certain amount of need for distraction, but just in case no one ever told you, you're allowed to take it easy sometimes.

*much love*

[quueer.livejournal.com]

Well, and now you have a freaking awesome new book to read.

Do tell me how you like it.

[steuard.livejournal.com]

I wish there were something I could do to help with the wretched; I'll be thinking of you and wishing you the best, but I know moral support only goes so far. Still, it's what I've got. (Unless you want to hear long stories about the Higgs boson or about T-duality of boosted D-branes... but that's probably tricky to do from a distance, too. Hmm.)

[drwex]

Wishing you peace, love, and strength.