Friday, October 31, 2008

Z-Day Today

Today is "Z-Day", in which I get the Zoladex injected into my abdomen (shuts down my ovaries) and Zometa is given to me intravenously (strengthens my bones to make it harder for cancer to attach to the bone). I started Zometa two months ago - and have had two Zometa IV's. Each time, I ended up with a slight fever on Day 2 and general feeling of fatigue. Not bad in terms of side effects. It just means I take it easy that day. Good thing as today, I wanted to take Eddie trick-or-treating at the downtown merchants. He is going as a "Whammy", which is that little red Tasmanian devil cartoon creature that takes prizes away from contestants on the show "Press Your Luck". I'll take a picture and post it!

4 comments:

MisAnthropology said...

I drove through downtown yesterday, and was impressed with the number of dragon costumes. What's with the dragons this year? Did I miss some pop culture phenomenon?

Dee said...

Not sure about the dragons, although I think that books like Eragon or whatever (that I see as take-offs from Harry Potter) are really popular. Maybe that's it? At any rate, it's always kinda fun to see the kiddos all dressed up! Eddie got lots of candy - which he never eats!

Carver said...

I'm glad the side effects of z day aren't too bad and I hope that continues. I hope you and Eddie had a fun Halloween.

Dee said...

Hi Carver,
The side effects weren't too bad this time - I felt a slight fever on Friday/Saturday and also a slight headache on Sat. They say the side effects with Zometa get easier with time! I was still able to get some work done. Yay!