In the hospital ...again

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Hi everyone! I bet this isn't what you wanted to hear from me after my last update...I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up on things in here lately. If I hadn't seen posts from one of my favorite friends in here, I might not have remembered to post this even now... I also received a late response to my last update so I was able to look at it and see if I can reconstruct the last two weeks or so. I got my third cisplatin treatment last Tuesday and I guess it went ok...They were thinking about letting me go home that evening, but I started getting red in the face and one hand. They didn't think it was a reaction, but they went ahead and gave the benedryl and steroids just in case. I got the neulasta shot last Thursday and by Saturday I was hurting all over like they said I might. I still did my Red Cross class that day and then went home and helped my roommate celebrate her daughter's and mother's birthdays which had occurred during the week. I ate too much and didn't feel well the rest of the weekend. I started drinking a bottle of water Sunday night and by today, it was only about half gone. Normally I would drink at least two of those bottles a day. I was supposed to have a CT scan on Tuesday, but since I wasn't able to keep my breakfast down on Monday I didn't eat or drink anything most of the day so I didn't drink the contrast either. I called the doctor today and they told me to go and get fluids and they did an abdominal x-ray which looked ok she said. She came down after I finished the fluids and told me to check into the hospital for even more fluids and they want to try to give my belly a break and get the CT done here in the morning. Maybe after that they will let me eat. The doctor said she would probably keep me at least two nights to give me a break from my roommates and to make sure that I could eat without a problem again. I just hope everything goes well with all that. I will try to do better on keeping you up to date. Have a great week!!!