Time to pay

After so many posts on how well things are going, how good food is, chemo decided to teach me a lesson. Now I know what is to be on the down side. There are ups and downs as they say, all depends on the person, nobody will escape a bit of chemo roughness, but I had apparently been lucky so far. So, if you are sensitive move on. Saving you the details. I couldn't sleep at all last night feeling like an indigestion. To start I thought too much food. Then stomach just hurted too much. Nausea followed. Should I try to vomit or not? The nurse said I better not and gave me a little pot of beautiful but very untasty pink liquid to calm the stomach. 1, 2, 3 and vomit. InstantaneousIy. It seems that was not the result expected, but oh my god, what a relief. Bit more pain, but could try to sleep at last. Since I didn't really sleep, the next hours were a mix of tiredeness, headache, stomach pain and nausea. So, back to antisickness. For the first time I had to have lunch really slowly like if each portion would be expelled straight away. Then spent the next two hours starring at the drip till I got to 14:35, the 24 hour chemo was stopped. Again, what a massive relief. Next week there is more, but that is next week. In relation to last night the good news is that memory is short, so we say in Portugal. I am now ok and that is what counts. Lesson 1: always expect the unexpected and always ask for support to deal with it. When the nurse told me the indigestion feeling was part of the chemo, I thought wait a second this was not part of the script. Nausea and vomiting yes, but not indigeston. Lesson 2: forget fast and just recall what may be needed in future, like the antisickness.