June 16th, I was putting lotion on my neck and the gland on my left side felt tender and a bit swollen. I thought, hey, this would be a good time to try my red root tincture! Out it came and I took one teaspoon. This was my first time taking red root.
That night at about 6:00 pm, I started having diarrhea. And boy did I have diarrhea! Explosive and every hour on the hour even through the night. This ended up lasting till Tuesday morning.
I stopped eating because I figure nothing in, nothing out. Eventually my guts had to be empty and the diarrhea would stop. It kept on til I was effortlessly expelling pure liquid stuff. I was extremely fatigued and so weak. My chest hurt and I was short of breath if I did anything and I mean anything.
I started eating the BRAT diet on Tuesday and the diarrhea finally stopped on Wednesday. I still was feeling very badly though and I thought I should call Dr. I's___ office after reading on the internet that I was having velcade side effects. Mark said no, that that was to be expected and just try to cope. So I did.
All the time though I am wondering if it was the red root. I'd never taken it so I didn't know what it would do to me.
Here it is Saturday and I am feeling much better. I am wondering if I feel better because I took my steroids this morning. They always get me hopped up. Hopefully, by Tuesday, my next oncology appointment, I'll be back to my old self.
No comments:
Post a Comment