Yes, she is on a transdermal patch. But, narcotics and her digestive system have never gotten along. The experience with Vicodin and Oxycodone in the past few weeks proved that--again. Now that she has been on the patch for five days, it appears there is a build up and its enough to trigger her stomach problems. And, she is on the adolescent dose with the patch, not even the adult dose. We'll call Monday when the Oncologist is back on duty. Perhaps we should try the other option which is a different narcotic with yet a different form of application. We shall see.
Right now she is on fentanyl and it worked great (or so we thought) after the surgery. But, that could have been due to the IV delivery plus the heavy dose of nausea meds she was on. We really don't know.
On the bright side, she is experiencing no back pain--none or only incidental at the most. So that part is good.
This weekend is so quiet after the buzz of our Thanksgiving visitors. Heck, we got up about 8:30, I fried some eggs, prepped some fruit and toast and we had a nice breakfast. About 10, Mary said she wanted to sleep a bit so she laid down. I decided to be quiet so I sat in our TV area and played a movie with very soft sound. I don't remember the movie but I do remember waking up about an hour later. Mary woke an hour after that. After lunch I did the kitchen clean up followed by the dry cleaner run (without Mary) because she decided to lay down again--and at some point Mary's lunch was rejected. Later in the afternoon, I made a Whole Foods run for a quick dinner. Mary ate well, but later it rejected too. She did hold down a glass of warm milk and a couple of cookies some time later but that is not a great diet, obviously.
Here is hoping Sunday is a better day for our girl.
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