Infusion treatment
Side effects of my Datroway infusion include risk of eye disease, heart failure, lung infection, and respiratory failure. Mostly, I experience fatigue, and lack of appetite which worsen on days 3 & 4 after infusion. Due to prior experience, I boosted water intake to prevent constipation, but neglected calories, by leaning mainly on nutrition shakes for intake. Consequently, instead of attending sacrament meeting this morning, I was home in in the bathroom, attempting to take my blood sugar. I could not get a reading through the glucometer after 4 attempts. I called for Van while experiencing low blood sugar, anxiety, nausea, shaky limbs, and rapid breathing. I vomited the nutrition shake everywhere but the intended target. Van helped to stabilize me, returned to me bed with the head elevated, and cleared my mess. My oxygen numbers read 98, my bp was 80, but I was so tired, and still shaky. I have absolutely no appetite, so by necessity, I forced myself to drink apple juice and eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread over a 30-minute interval. Since then, I have only managed to consume a popsicle and a little water. It has been 5 hours now, and I need to take in calories, and don't want to eat. However, I need to manage this, or face worse consequences.
So much for reporting "no side effects" anymore.
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