Ladies at Lunch

I was feeling much better last Thursday afternoon when I met Ann for lunch at Tomasso's in Southborough. As always, Ann is wonderful company, a good friend and as member of the Young Adults with Cancer Support Group (going on 20 years now!) she is great source of support and understanding. Oh! By the way, the food was good too! I even wore my wig, which now has me thinking that I don't like it too much. I will have to wear it all the time when I go back to work in September.

I awoke about 1:30 am Friday morning with heart palpitations. It is a very uncomfortable feeling of always being extremely anxious or the physical feeling that you get in chest after a near miss in your car. This happened to me the last time that I did chemo. I know that it is from anemia or dehydration, but knowing what is causing it doesn't stop it! It is a very annoying condtion and it not only kept me up most the night, but continued throughout the day on Friday, putting me in a foul mood.

When I woke on Sauturday morning, the palpations had stopped. I did not go out on my bike until the afternoon. I did not want to aggravate my body. About 4 miles into my ride, I realized that perhaps this wasn't the smartest thing that I have ever done. Well, I made it home, palapations at bay, but they would return with a vengeance on Sunday morning.

It's Monday morning and they seem to be gone now. Hopefully they will stay gone. The feeling of always being anxious is pretty common for a cancer patient, but usually my anxiety doesn't have this physical component. The palpations are a physical symptom of underlying anemia or dehydration and I understand it, but it feels terrible and it wears me out!

Hopefully today will be palpation free!
Still waiting to hear about Hedge Hog Clinical Trials!