Connie, I'm glad things went well today and am holding hope that Wednesday proves to be better than expected.

What a drag that the staff has to be all cya. Tedious and annoying, for sure.

I'm imagining the microscopic drug units coursing through Hubby's body in teeny, tiny Viking helmets, decimating their foes and leaving the healthy villages unharmed.

Blessings on you both.

Heuta-what? I've never heard that word, and I have a lit degree and got a perfect score on verbal SATs, so I'm pretty far above the average audience.

And yay for kicking chemo butt!

Eta: don't mean to sound braggy or rude, just that I vote for obscure. I also used to read the dictionary for fun. Clearly didn't make much progress in the "h"s

However, turns out she hadn't thought the nausea was bad enough for the drugs, and the swelling and reddening around her incision wasn't really that bad.

I don't want to denigrate the experiences of people who've had bad chemo reactions, but many of the people I talk to or hear about these days had bad reactions after they did something stupid, like not taking nausea medication or being on some crazy diet.

I hope things continue to go well, Connie.

I drove to all my chemo, because it didn't hit me until the next morning.

le n, does it help if you take probiotics and eat all the yogurt? I don't have a rec on the other stuff, sorry.

How obscure is "heuristic"?

Very. Says someone else who got a perfect score on the verbal SATs [brag] and never heard that word until I started editing for IEEE.

Connie, hopefully things continue to go well.

Le Nubian, my solution to that has always been garlic, (details whitefonted) peel a clove of garlic - carefully so it's not nicked in anyway, wrap it in a piece of cheesecloth, tie it with unflavored dental floss and insert it like a tampon over night. Remove in the morning and maybe flush the area with plain water. Some women don't like this method because if you cut the garlic the juice can burn and also some places suggest leaving it in during the day and there's the worry about smelling like garlic. Personally when I've had a yeast infection the garlic method takes care of the burning/itching right away and it's usually resolved within 3 days.

le nubian, call the doctor who prescribed the antibiotics and ask for a prescription for Diflucan. It's an oral antifungal -- only 1 pill. You have to wait until all your antibiotics are done before you take it (not because of a drug interaction, but if you take it too soon -- while you're still taking antibiotics -- then the antibiotics will still be wiping out all your flora, and the Diflucan won't be as effective). It generally starts working in 24-36 hours after you take it.

How obscure is "heuristic"?

Very. Says someone else who got a perfect score on the verbal SATs [brag] and never heard that word until I started editing for IEEE.

Yup. I would say pretty damn obscure for a popular audience.

bonny, that's so cool about the Vitamix!

askye,

brilliant. I will try that. thanks.

smonster,

I will eat all of the probiotics too. I have never done this, nor do I know exactly what this is, but I will look into it.