Megamind

About 4 days after my start of the Dara/Pom/Dex regiment started I woke up in the morning feeling awful. Of course that was to be expected having just started chemo again.

I stumbled into the bathroom to wash my face because I thought I had a large amount of sleep in my eyes. Wash wash wash…..hmm this doesn’t seem to be helping. I turned off the water and looked in the mirror to see my head swollen. Oh, what fun! I can’t blink proper because my eyes are swollen.

We called up the infusion center because a swollen head was not on the list of side effects. They said they would talk it over with the pharmacy and get back to me. They called back a short while later and said “we can’t find a swollen head a reaction to any of the drugs”.

I always find it reassuring when the people who are giving you these drugs say “gee, I dunno”. They have me taking zyrtec prior to the Dara injections to stop a allergic reaction. “Just keep taking the zyrtec daily and hope it helps”. Well, it did end up helping (I think), either that or the drugs wore off. My head doesn’t swell anymore, but my face still gets red and puffy one a week. Clearly a reaction to the dex.

I was eating breakfast that morning and I told my kids I should shave my head and dye my skin blue because I feel like Megamind. They agreed it would be a good idea.

What do you think?