I did! When my husband came home from his later chemo txs he was a mess. As soon as we would walk in the door he would lay down in the bed and start moaning and getting hysterical. He just kept saying, "I'm dying! I'm Dying!!"

I called the doc because I thought that something was a little weird since they had just sent him home from the hospital not 30 minutes before. The doc asked if I had any aderal and I said no but I have xanax, will that work? He said what dose? I said the strongest of course (2mg). I thought he was going to have a stroke because the typical prescription is .25mg. Anyway, he told me to give him a quarter of my pill. I went to my husband who said "no that won't work" yada yada yada....

I promptly ignored him and put it through his tube. He was very glad I did!! Sometimes a caregiver has to do what a caregiver has to do!!

Love the story!

Cindy


Caregiver to ex-husband Harry. Dx 12/10/04 SCC stg 3, BOT with 2 nodes left side. No surg/chemo x4 /rad.x37(rad comp. 03/29/05)Cisplatin/5FU(comp. 05/07/05)-T1N2M0-(cancer free 06/14/05)-(12/10/06) 2 yr. Survivor!!!