WOW!! this was a touchy subject. you all crack me up. but kelly was right, i wasnt talking about exercise as much as just SOME movement. i asked his RO, and she said if he could tolerate it, a SLOW walk would be ok. absolutely nothing that would raise his body temp or heart rate, just to stimulate muscle.
but as of his 19th and 20th treatment...he is in that dark tunnel. he will not be doing any walks. he needed help getting to the bathroom last nite.

he got a fever last nite 101.6..thought i was going to have to take him to the hospital, but it came down before the MO called me back.

i am going to repost last nights detail under another topic and start a new feed.

I don't think fever is unusual but you need to get it treated. I spiked a 101. something on day 9 and developed a rampant case of thrush. Antibiotics brought the fever down. No amount of meds seemed to get rid of the thrush. It would be 6 months and I think steroids before I finally got rid of the thrush. Of course, no one ever told me I shouldn't be eating anything 'white'.

He's allowed to stay in bed with fever. Hope he's feeling better soon.

Take care,
Eileen

I remember in the throws of my Tx comparing getting out of bed and taking a shower, drying off, putting back on bedware and returning to my bed akin to running a marathon!!

absolutely! I felt the same way. Day to day life is exhausting. Its hard to understand that concept until you've been that sick.

I just have a hard time getting out of bed, I am always cold and staying under the covers and being cozy is always nice. I know that the next few days are going be harder as well since we are going to dip into the teens and single digit temps outside.

I remember getting into the bathtub and couldn't get back out after a hot bath. I had to crawl over the side and felt foolish for getting the floor all wet. That was my 1st day home after the implants. Geez, talk about weak. From then on it was back to a shower daily. I never imagined I could get that weak. Had that damn thrush too for awhile. It's hard to imagine getting that frail and weak but it happened . Like everything else, it all takes time.

thank u all for the responses.
after emergency hydration, he is feeling better. still in bed, but better.

I had to go to the ER twice to get a bag or 2 since Moffitt was 45 miles away and I always seemed to have to do it on a 3 day weekend. I'm sure we all have experienced the frustrations dealing with ER people in trying to get them to understand WE JUST NEED A BAG AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

I was cold to and I was Tx'ed in July - August in Florida!

Last night the weatherman's forcast for Sat - low near 30, high 45 and a 40% of SNOW/FREEZING STUFF in the am with winds 15 - 25 mph out of the N. Then turning COLDER for Sunday. Is someone kidding me!! This better be one of the 99% of the time he is wrong as I get up every Saturday at 5am and set up a tent at our Saturday Mourning Market that goes until 2 pm. BTW this is for my wife's restaurant, was her idea and she sleeps in with the dogs snuggled next to her. Just saying...

David, How would you like to have about 18 inches on the ground and expecting maybe 2 to 4 tonite and the same for the next 2 days. This is ridiclous and hard on this old guy and his snowblower and snow shovel. Can I move in with the dog?? LOL

David, we are sitting at 15 degrees and 9 degrees is our high for tomorrow. I would love a high of 45.