ianunderhill vs. cancer (RIP Nick)

I hope to hear from you soon, ian buddy! 10,000 now!!!!!

Sorry to go quiet, gang. Tough couple of days there. They took out the tube a few nights back but only got me onto solid food again today. I'm being kept through the weekend as they're starting my chemo tomorrow and want to keep me under close observation. Don't think I mentioned it, but my folks flew up from Florida late Sunday (no storm travel snafus, amazingly) and are in town up through the end of next week if need be.

I'm still kinda not the postiest I've ever been, so my apologies for brevity. Facebook denizens should definitely check the giant and awesome 40 photo album my buddy posted from the benefit (see the "Nick Keiser Benefit") page. I will let you all know how chemo starts and hopefully be back to my old self within the week. Thanks for your concern and your patience. It's hard to post some times (one of the reasons I'm happier doing this in the forums rather than running a stand-alone blog - less pressure). I'm sorry if I worried anyone.

Yeah, I think the last thing you need to worry about is not-posting-guilt. I sometimes get busy and don't check GWJ for a few days just because I dread getting caught up. Even that type of minor thing is something that you shouldn't be worried about. Anyways, keeping up on posting should be the last of your worries. Do it when you feel like it. So, good f***ing luck with the chemo!!! Give it your best and know we are thinking of you every day!

*Hugs and High-mother-effin-fives*

Good luck with the chemo! Kick that cancer's ass! Go, Ian, Go!

Best of luck Ian, no guilt necessary I assure you. Amazon says your new copy of Syndicate arrived so hopefully we can get the StanliTech board together soon. Rest assured, we will insure that no filthy Aspari spies end up usurping it.

I know it's tough to post when you're not feeling positive about progress. We still want to hear about the bad times, so don't feel like you are bringing us down by sharing them. Especially if it can help carry the burden by sharing it.

May the chemo slay the cancer with minimal discomfort to the rest of you. We're all here for you if it gets rough and you need eyes/ears, just putting the hardships into words can be empowering.

Hope you start getting some relief Nick. We're here for you so don't worry about the frequency of posts.
We're thinking of you regardless.

Don't worry about us worrying! Just think about that incredible force of loving energy we're sending your way. So glad to see you're feeling up to posting today (er, yesterday), but if you don't tomorrow (er, today), never fear - we are right here beside you all the way. On the days that you don't feel like posting or even reading, just rest yourself and know that we're right here when you get back. (((((hugs))))))

Yep. We'll be pulling for you out here in Tube-Land. Save your mental strength to deal with the important stuff.

Gotta be a relief to be actually doing it, though? I hope?

Got discharged yesterday afternoon. Biggest issue with my chemo is nausea - really bad, hard to control queasiness. I think it's mostly gone now, but it was pretty persistent for a good 28 or so hours following the completion of the infusion process. They got me on a few pills that helped and some that didn't; hopefully there can be further tweaking of that in future rounds, because feeling like you're on the verge of barfing for hours on end is both distressing and makes one crazy weak from not eating.

On the plus side, no actual signs of taste odor anything changing. We'll see. I'm glad to get some time to rest at home and clear my head a bit.

In the sense that it's the opposite of "you have cancer and we're not doing anything about it right now", absolutely. I'll feel even better about it in three months when I get word on how effective a toll it'll have taken on those rogue cells.

Hang in there! That sounds like good/normal news.

Good luck, buddy! Always here for you.

Hang in there man. Sending my best anti nausea thoughts your way.

I hope the nausea subsides so you can relax and get some meals in. I'm sure you've already looked into herbal relief.

You guys thought I was talking about pot, didn't you?

Frankly, I'd seriously consider pot if I had nausea problems like that--you don't have to swallow it, for one. That aside, I suspect they already have you on Zofran, Ian, but if they don't I'd ask for some.

Ask for Nasea. It's a little bit better.

Discomfort continues. Kinda not so nauseous any longer, but have had some bowel issues the past 24 hours. Everything is theoretically good, I'm just super weak, making with the fluids to avoid dehydration, and getting some soup and saltines when I feel hungry.

I just want a couple days to feel kinda normal soon, damn it.

ianunderhill wrote:

Discomfort continues. Kinda not so nauseous any longer, but have had some bowel issues the past 24 hours. Everything is theoretically good, I'm just super weak, making with the fluids to avoid dehydration, and getting some soup and saltines when I feel hungry.

I just want a couple days to feel kinda normal soon, damn it.

Hang in there man. Sounds rough. In theory, you'll have a normal day soon!!!

ianunderhill wrote:

Discomfort continues. Kinda not so nauseous any longer, but have had some bowel issues the past 24 hours. Everything is theoretically good, I'm just super weak, making with the fluids to avoid dehydration, and getting some soup and saltines when I feel hungry.

I just want a couple days to feel kinda normal soon, damn it.

Hang in there and here something to brighten your day! (stolen from Post a picture thread)
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I had my roommate drive me back to the hospital yesterday morning because I was concerned about dehydration after so much of the world's oceans pouring through my backside Thursday and Friday. A night in has set me right again and I'm feeling almost normal, I'm now just waiting on bedside procedure to deal with a thrombosed hemorrhoid that's causing me a fair deal of discomfort. I should be out by tomorrow.

After talking things over with my doctors, they've also decided to get me on a low dosage of Zoloft. I'm pretty excited about this. Even though my outlook has been positive overall, the bad moments have been pretty crippling in emotional terms. After the past two weeks, some chemicals to keep chemicals in check sounds like a good plan to me.

Hang in there Nick. I hope the new medication gives you some relief and eases the roller coaster a bit.

Although this is my first post, I've been keeping close tabs on this thread since it started. I just wanted to add my voice to the chorus and let you know you've got more people pulling for you than you may realize.

Keep kicking ass!

Glad to hear they're thinking of your emotional as well as physical health.

Ditto on the first post in this thread. Haven't really had anything in particular to contribute, but there really are more of us out here rooting for you. Have a photo of some cute Bond chicks as encouragement:
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Thanks everyone. The well-wishing goes a long way in times like these. You are some insanely caring, thoughtful, good-hearted people, even when it comes down to a guy most of you don't even know. This community is a wonderful place to be and I am so grateful for you all having found it - not just for my sake, but for your own. I can't think of anyone more deserving of this place.

Cool, Zoloft is good stuff. But really, do what you need to to bounce back between treatments.

complexmath wrote:

Frankly, I'd seriously consider pot if I had nausea problems like that--you don't have to swallow it, for one. That aside, I suspect they already have you on Zofran, Ian, but if they don't I'd ask for some.

If he's worried about dehydration, I wouldn't recommend that, it dries out your everything.

Robear wrote:

Cool, Zoloft is good stuff. But really, do what you need to to bounce back between treatments.

This. And post whenever you feel like it, too. No feeling guilty if you're just not up to it.

I'm rooting for the chemo to kick the crap out of the cancer, and sending you all the good thoughts I can. You can beat this thing!