Cancer Guy » Medications http://www.cancerguy.com/blog ~ A Colon Cancer Blog - Luv All, Live Strong, Fight Fight Fight ~ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:46:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CT Scan http://www.cancerguy.com/blog/2009/05/19/ct-scan-5/ http://www.cancerguy.com/blog/2009/05/19/ct-scan-5/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 20:09:50 +0000 Cancer Guy http://www.cancerguy.com/blog/?p=612 Got my CT Scan done today. The entire trip took around 4 hours but the actual scan took only less than 10 mins! If only they can invent some kind of home use device for self scanning, it’d be so convenient. As always, I drank a lot, I mean a lot of water after the scan to flush out the dye/contrast liquid ingested orally and through IV. They said 8 glasses within 24 hours but I think I must have drank like 16 glasses or more haha I had to go to the bathroom all day. Interesting, I remember every time after I had my scan and took the anti-allergic medicine Prednison, I couldn’t sleep the next night, but this time I had no problem sleeping. I wonder if the drug has less effect on me now or I use to get too excited after the scan either from thinking about the scan result or just business ideas. I can never be sure of it. haha

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I did consult with the doctor about the stomach pain. Initially they said it can be caused by the contrast dye ingested before ct scan. A lot of people have diarrhea after taking the liquid. I updated them on that I did not have diarrhea but indigestion and they believe the anti-allergy medicine Prednisone is more likely to be the candidate for my condition. My stomach pain was still there at the doctor’s appointment but the belly is not as bloated as previous days. There were a lot of bowel movements in the morning. By night time I don’t really have the pain anymore, so I had a nice seafood meal for dinner with some long lost friends from high school. It is a really great day for me :)

Phlebotomist – an individual trained to draw blood. I just want to write this word down somewhere because I can’t remember it. Usually I call them vampires, it’s much easier to pronounce ;) What triggered this is that I bumped into Kevin, a phlebotomist, who’s the first to teach me that word because I called him a nurse which is not the right title and I still do. haha

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I actually forgot whether I have to stop eating 12 hours or 2 hours before CT Scan so I called the office and they confirmed it’s 2 hours. Thank goodness I don’t have to go to the city without food for more than half a day!! It’s only been about 4 months and I have already forgotten things. I need to more diligently record down what I remember from the treatments/surgeries.

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i have been drinking wheatgrass juice ever since i was diagnosed with cancer. the frequency is lower now, but at least twice a day and 2 shots each time. it use to be 4-5 times a day and 1-2 shots each time.

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my heart goes out to his family and friends. r.i.p km.

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The next CT Scan and doctor’s appointment is in August so I have another month and a half to chill, gotta take advantage of this nice worry free time and make the best of it ;)

]]> http://www.cancerguy.com/blog/2007/06/20/ahhhh/feed/ 2 Drugs anyone? http://www.cancerguy.com/blog/2006/11/18/drugs-anyone/ http://www.cancerguy.com/blog/2006/11/18/drugs-anyone/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:32:06 +0000 Cancer Guy http://cancerguy.com/blog/?p=42 I am not a big fan of drugs. Normally I don’t like to take them, even flu/cough medicine or vitamins. These days I am a big druggie. Chemotherapy drugs, anti-nausea drugs, anti-allergic drugs, I take them all. How ironic huh??

Target Drug Bottles
Target Drug Containers – Photo by Bigfly

Where do you buy your medicine? We have purchased them from Duane Reade, local shop, hospital Pharmacy, and Target Pharmacy. The one we like the most is Target Pharmacy. Their service is fast, the medicine bottle is nice (see photo). There is a band on the neck of the bottle with different colors that one can choose to distinguish one’s drugs from others living in the same household. Isn’t that a great design or what? As you can see, mine is yellow ;) They have also recently extended their operating hours. For weekdays, it’s 9am-9pm, for Sat and Sun is 9am-6pm! Nice! It use to close at 7pm so you kinda have to rush after work to get it. This is for the ladies, an advantage of buying from Target is you can shop while you wait. The price is cheaper too. Co-Pay is $10 for non-branded drugs, they only charge $6.49!

Anyone got a better pharmacy to go to, let me know!

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