It had been pretty chemo effect-free for the past week. Into the 2nd week of this cycle, the immunity is all time low at 0.2 (normal level is above 4). With the increased dosage of one chemo drug, dizzy spells and diarrhoea made him uncomfortable and slightly disoriented.
He described his dizzy spells as feelings of the world spinning... his feet and palms felt like they were magnified many times over and his head the size of a pinhead against an extremely large palm. This thankfully went off after a day.
The diarrhoea started yesterday and it could be a side effect or a potential bug in his gut. The doctors took no chance and started him on antibiotics asap while awaiting for the result of the lab test on the stools as it takes a couple of days.With almost nothing left in the stomach, he always feels hungry and was able to take his 3 meals which however, very soon became the output. For the record, it has been 6 trips to the gents today.... lugging the IV drip machine was certainly a chore!
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