Week off before Cycle 5

After that couple of good days from the last post, Brian ended up in the ER from pain.  We ended up changing his patch again.  It seems like the 75 mcg is too much and the 50 mcg isn't enough.  The 75 has been working really well the last 5 days but the last 2 days he has been sick and throwing up.  He thinks it is because of the patch so he went back to the 50 mcg today.  

I don't know if its the patch or the chemo..  

Good few days

The last couple of days have been really good.  His energy is up and he has been to work and to his man cave to work on my dads car a little bit.  We are both looking forward to the next week and a half without chemo before he has to start his 5th cycle.

Medications & Quiencenera

We finally received the lower dose of the medicine patch on the 10th.  We took the higher dose off a few hours before we put the new one on.  I am so glad we had the dose lowered.  He is already more alert and not as loopy.  He is still sleeping more than usual though.  After doing some research I found that hot baths, hot tubs, saunas, jacuzzis, and heating pads are all bad because they cause the patch to release high doses of medication all at once instead of slowly over a three day period.  That may have been another part of the problem.  I'm surprised that wasn't a warning on the label... It sure should be.
Brian slept most of the day.  He missed the Quiencenera ceremony.  He got out of bed around 3:30 and was ready to go to the reception dinner.  We were there for about an hour and a half, he was very tired and threw up.  I took him home and he slept in his recliner for awhile more.  He was awake for a few hours tonight and had his usual pump house and PB&J dinner.
On the bright side, he still isn't having any pain.

Medication update

It has been a week since the oncologist changed Brian's medication for pain and it's been good.  He hasn't had much pain at all but he does feel loopy and sleepy all of the time.  He is wanting to nap a lot.  He's wanting to lower his dose a little bit and see if that helps the loopy/sleepy issue but still takes care of the pain.