Trousered Ape

An exercise in presumption.

Sunday, November 02, 2025

State of the Ape XLIII

Thank you for your prayers.

First dose of chemo on 10/27. It went smoothly enough; less than three hours in the infusion center start to finish. Then waiting for the side effects to kick in.

Tuesday: hiccups and acid reflux. These were probably caused by the steroid I was prescribed to accompany the chemo. They were pretty much gone by late Wednesday. There was also a transient red rash on Wednesday. Both Tuesday and Wednesday nights I slept very badly, only getting about three hours each night. Random aches started on Wednesday; not very painful, but enough to contribute to my lack of sleep. I was also feeling grody and weak.

Thursday morning was the nadir: I was pretty much out of it. I started taking acetaminophen for the aches; this helped a great deal and I got some sleep in during the day and slept much better Thursday night.

Since then, things have improved somewhat. The aches have much lessened and I am feeling less grody. The weakness is still there: it’s all I can do to get up and walk about for few minutes.

Thank God, there has been no nausea.

It will be interesting to see what happens after the next dose. Will there be a pattern? How much of what I’ve gone through is just my body adjusting to the drug and will not be as bad? Will anything new happen? Will John finally get together with Marsha? Stay tuned for out next thrilling installment.

Posted by Bob the Ape 8:16 PM