Monday, a week after the prescription for Mr. Fixit’s nausea medication was sent to the pharmacy, the insurance company called and said that an override had been issued, and the prescription would be filled. I waited for the pharmacy to call. Nothing. I went by the pharmacy Tuesday to find out the status. No one had alerted the pharmacy about the override. They called the insurer, and we finally obtained the medicine late Tuesday afternoon.
When I called the doctor’s office to see if he could continue taking the OTC stuff, they advised against it. It’s a good thing that the override was in place.
Before Mr. Fixit began taking the cancer drug, the doctor warned him of several side effects, one of which is a rash. He told us what to do about it. Yesterday he noticed that he has a rash.
He has been taking this cancer drug since March 27, beginning with the strongest dosage allowed. At first, he had no side effects at all unless you want to count his sudden need for speed in the car. He then developed a bit of intestinal upset and a few weird aches and pains. That’s when the dosage was cut in half.
Then the nausea and intestinal upset worsened. Tiredness kick in big time. He was taking two or three naps a day. His hair is falling out, and his eyelashes have all but disappeared.
I just don’t know why after all this time these side effects are happening. It seems to me that they should have manifested when he was taking the maximum dose. Perhaps it’s simply the accumulation of the chemicals in his system.
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