Saturday, December 15, 2012
Maureen's blog: Norovirus
Maureen's blog: Norovirus: I haven't felt well since my last blog (when do I ever feel well these days)! I am not complaining just stating a fact. God is still good an...
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Maureen's blog: Norovirus
Maureen's blog: Norovirus: I haven't felt well since my last blog (when do I ever feel well these days)! I am not complaining just stating a fact. God is still good an...
Norovirus
I haven't felt well since my last blog (when do I ever feel well these days)! I am not complaining just stating a fact. God is still good and in control.
Managed to go out Saturday for lunch and I drove to the post office on monday (the first time in about two months). Both occasions I felt quite dizzy and weak and on both occasions I only spoke or even come in close contact with three people.
Tuesday night couldn't go off to sleep as I was very breathless and coughing a lot so I got up to have a drink. Just after midnight I started to feel hungry and faint at the same time, I went to make another drink cautiously as I was worried about falling on the floor. (I have had this feeling before and ended up on the kitchen floor, my dressing gown sleeve caught in the cooker hob and water from the kettle on the floor). I managed to make a hot drink and went back into the lounge with it and it stayed there until morning.
As soon as I got back into the lounge I had to run to the bathroom to vomit. During the vomiting I thought I would faint as I felt very light headed and this was now happening about every 5-10 minutes. Along with the vomiting I started to have loose stools (loose bowel movement), which was now very distressing.
I now started to shiver even with the central heating on and I am wrapped up in several layers on the sofa.
Because I was now feeling so weak I decided to seek help by ringing the NHS Direct (a telephone help line for patients). The nurse then said because I have lupus and I am taking steroids I will need to see the doctor, so she will get in touch with the doctors on call who then rang me to say a doctor will come to give me an injection to stop the vomiting. This was just after 3 am.
The doctor did not come until after 6 am and instead of giving me an injection he gave me a prescription for anti sickness tablets as the vomiting had subsided there was nothing left in my stomach not even bile.
After the doctor left I finally went to bed and slept on and off most of the day. Each time I got up I felt so weak that I decided to have some toast with lemon curd for energy and it actually stayed down. Praise God
I am still praising God it is Another day and no more diarrhoea or vomiting, thank you Jesus.
Managed to go out Saturday for lunch and I drove to the post office on monday (the first time in about two months). Both occasions I felt quite dizzy and weak and on both occasions I only spoke or even come in close contact with three people.
Tuesday night couldn't go off to sleep as I was very breathless and coughing a lot so I got up to have a drink. Just after midnight I started to feel hungry and faint at the same time, I went to make another drink cautiously as I was worried about falling on the floor. (I have had this feeling before and ended up on the kitchen floor, my dressing gown sleeve caught in the cooker hob and water from the kettle on the floor). I managed to make a hot drink and went back into the lounge with it and it stayed there until morning.
As soon as I got back into the lounge I had to run to the bathroom to vomit. During the vomiting I thought I would faint as I felt very light headed and this was now happening about every 5-10 minutes. Along with the vomiting I started to have loose stools (loose bowel movement), which was now very distressing.
I now started to shiver even with the central heating on and I am wrapped up in several layers on the sofa.
Because I was now feeling so weak I decided to seek help by ringing the NHS Direct (a telephone help line for patients). The nurse then said because I have lupus and I am taking steroids I will need to see the doctor, so she will get in touch with the doctors on call who then rang me to say a doctor will come to give me an injection to stop the vomiting. This was just after 3 am.
The doctor did not come until after 6 am and instead of giving me an injection he gave me a prescription for anti sickness tablets as the vomiting had subsided there was nothing left in my stomach not even bile.
After the doctor left I finally went to bed and slept on and off most of the day. Each time I got up I felt so weak that I decided to have some toast with lemon curd for energy and it actually stayed down. Praise God
I am still praising God it is Another day and no more diarrhoea or vomiting, thank you Jesus.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Maureen's blog: More vomiting and backache
Maureen's blog: More vomiting and backache: The Lord is good all the time and all the time He is good. No matter what I have been through I know he has promised to never leave me or fo...
Saturday, December 1, 2012
More vomiting and backache
The Lord is good all the time and all the time He is good. No matter what I have been through I know he has promised to never leave me or forsake me.
I have been vomiting again this week as everything I eat including drinks is resting in my oesophagus. I have not been eating much as I just don't have an appetite but I have to drink a lot of fluids to stop the chemo from damaging my bladder. The muscles of my oesophagus are now weakened by the lupus so everything I eat or drink is taking longer to go into my stomach and instead is building up in my oesophagus which is causing me to vomit after much discomfort.
Along with the vomiting this week I have had awful backache which is keeping me awake at nights. The pain has eased on Sunday but today is Monday and I awoke with the dreaded backache again.
Over the weekend every time I bend down I feel very dizzy and lightheaded. The weirdest feeling ever but I know that all of this is just feelings and my God is bigger than all the awful symptoms of lupus including the breathlessness which is on going.
I am just going to trust in God to hear my cry of distress every day that I call out to Him as He has promised to be with me and to give me my heart's desire.
I have been vomiting again this week as everything I eat including drinks is resting in my oesophagus. I have not been eating much as I just don't have an appetite but I have to drink a lot of fluids to stop the chemo from damaging my bladder. The muscles of my oesophagus are now weakened by the lupus so everything I eat or drink is taking longer to go into my stomach and instead is building up in my oesophagus which is causing me to vomit after much discomfort.
Along with the vomiting this week I have had awful backache which is keeping me awake at nights. The pain has eased on Sunday but today is Monday and I awoke with the dreaded backache again.
Over the weekend every time I bend down I feel very dizzy and lightheaded. The weirdest feeling ever but I know that all of this is just feelings and my God is bigger than all the awful symptoms of lupus including the breathlessness which is on going.
I am just going to trust in God to hear my cry of distress every day that I call out to Him as He has promised to be with me and to give me my heart's desire.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Maureen's blog: More chemotherapy
Maureen's blog: More chemotherapy: Since my last chemotherapy treatment I have only been out of the house three times as I have been feeling so unwell. I have been feeling ve...
Thursday, November 22, 2012
More chemotherapy
Since my last chemotherapy treatment I have only been out of the house three times as I have been feeling so unwell. I have been feeling very light headed with awful backache.
My breathing has been worst, I get very breathless if I move too quickly, talk loudly or get excited. Getting dressed and undress is a problem as I get so breathless I have to remember to do so slowly so i just cannot rush. Life is so different and difficult for me now, especially when I try to do every day chores.
Today I went for more chemo, which was given much slower than the last time so I did not feel faint and the burning that I had in my nostrils was not as severe. However I felt nauseous after having a sandwich and a cup of tea with severe abdominal cramping. The chemo infusion was stopped while I stood up to see if the pain would go away, which it did.
The nausea and cramping pain has continued after I returned home but thank God I did not actually vomit.
I know that no matter how I feel it is only temporary as one day I will be completely healed with new lungs able to breathe and run. My God is bigger than lupus and he is the Great Physician. Thank you Jesus for going to the cross for my healing.
Got up today and got dressed as I just wanted to feel well but after about an hour I had to put my night clothes back on. My whole body feels heavy with aching every where. I am finding it difficult to concentrate so I am just going to rest now.
My breathing has been worst, I get very breathless if I move too quickly, talk loudly or get excited. Getting dressed and undress is a problem as I get so breathless I have to remember to do so slowly so i just cannot rush. Life is so different and difficult for me now, especially when I try to do every day chores.
Today I went for more chemo, which was given much slower than the last time so I did not feel faint and the burning that I had in my nostrils was not as severe. However I felt nauseous after having a sandwich and a cup of tea with severe abdominal cramping. The chemo infusion was stopped while I stood up to see if the pain would go away, which it did.
The nausea and cramping pain has continued after I returned home but thank God I did not actually vomit.
I know that no matter how I feel it is only temporary as one day I will be completely healed with new lungs able to breathe and run. My God is bigger than lupus and he is the Great Physician. Thank you Jesus for going to the cross for my healing.
Got up today and got dressed as I just wanted to feel well but after about an hour I had to put my night clothes back on. My whole body feels heavy with aching every where. I am finding it difficult to concentrate so I am just going to rest now.
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