Over A Week And Still Sick

It has been over a week since I started feeling ill, and I am still under the weather. It turns out that I have a very bad sinus infection and a bad bronchitis. I am on two antibiotics and have to do breathing treatments everyday. The doctors were concerned about me developing pneumonia and being hospitalized, luckily that didn't happen. I did have to go to the ER because my fever went up, but luckily I was able to go home and not be admitted. The infection how ever was at a time where my bone marrow is ver suppressed, so the doctors had to watch me carefully. I am just trying to rest and drink lots of fluids, and I know it will take some time for me to be 100% infection wise. I know that severe infections can be a side effect of chemo, but I know that God is always with me, and will protect me through this entire process. 


Joyful Love
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Blessings In The Lord
Alexandra K. Acosta

Under the Weather....Yet Again

This morning I went the doctor because of a soar throat, nasal congestion, and a low grade fever. It turns out that I have a nasty sinus infection. I feel absolutely miserable, and it was just about a month ago that I was sick with a cold. I know that this is par for the course when your on chemo but it still sucks to no end. Luckily, the doctor started me on an antibiotic, and my fever isn't very high, if it gets over 100.5 and nearing 101 than I have to go to the ER, I'm crossing my fingers that that doesn't have to happen. If anyone has been sick with a cold or flu, and has had a fever, than you know what its like when your body, muscles, and joints just ache all over. When you have arthritis, and other autoimmune issues, its that x 10. Im just trying to stay relaxed drink, hot tea, and getting plenty of rest, what sucks even more is that it is cold and rainy outside, which makes feeling bad even worse. I am just trying to lay low and get over this thing as quickly as possible. 


Joyful Love
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Blessings In The Lord
Alexandra K. Acosta

Can't Stop Sleeping

At my last chemo treatment, which was here in Austin, my blood tests showed that not only was my white blood cell count low but I was also very anaemic. Both of these uncomfortable medical problems cause one to be extremely fatigued. I find myself taking three hour naps in the middle of the morning, and even an after noon siesta, and still going to bed at nine o'clock and sleeping ten hours. My mom says that this is completely normal for someone who is a anaemic and going through chemotherapy. But still, I hate that I can't stop sleeping. I feel as though I am lazy and not doing anything, but part of me knows that my body needs rest to heal. For those of us who have a chronic illness or are going through need to remember that there is no reason to feel bad about how tired and fatigued we are or how much we sleep. Our bodies are not like those of a normal healthy individuals, and it takes more energy for us to do simple tasks. So for those who think were just being lazy, you try living just one day in our shoes, and you will see why we are so tired, and why we can't stop sleeping.


Joyful Love
          &
Blessings In The Lord
Alexandra K. Acosta