1st Chemo - Yipes! Still no nausea, but ooooh the pain!

I woke up at 2am Tuesday night with serious, intense aches in my knees, shins, ankles, feet.  The generalized aches are puncuated with  firecrackers of sharpers pains going off at random intervals making me feel like my legs could give way.  Then there are spasms that eminate from my tibias straight up through my muscles - they aren't painful, but they are irritating and strong enough to wake me up.

The pain pills did not help - not even the norco (aka. vicoden.)   I spent two hours Tuesday night sitting on the top stair.  I was afraid to go down and lose my footing.  I didn't want to go back into bed.  There was no point in waking anyone up.  I just looked out the window while trying to refocus my mind from the victim of the pain  to become the observer of the pain.  It worked pretty well.  I have to say that it is probably the worst overall pain experience of my life, but it was, I'm sure, not the worst pain a person could have.

Walking.  If you are old enough, you might remember Tim Conway's old man character from the Carol Burnett show.  That is how I am walking.  I feel like I have to keep moving anyway.  In my mind, moving my joints will help move the chemicals, the pain out my joints.  

Also, my awesome brother and sister-in-law have given me the give of a massage gift card AND a series of acupuncture treatments.  I am getting a foot massage this afternoon and seeing the acupuncturist on the 19th.