Cancer Blog: They Got Me!!!

They got me.

It took them a long time...six months to be exact...but they got me. Finally. They found my kryptonite and snuck it into my IV medicine packs.

BENEDRYL.

That's right...Benedryl.
The ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME DEAD IN MY TRACKS.
My kryptonite!

How on earth could they have known? Why did they do this me?

I was sitting in the Chemo Cocktail Lounge in my special corner office getting my medicine when I felt the familiar (and dreaded) weight behind my eyes. They began be droopy and I began to feel loopy. I rolled my eyes over to my mother and friend Kathryn to slur, "I'm soooooo sleepy!"

"Go ahead and close your eyes," my mother said.

"Never!" I retorted, forcing my eyelids to stay up. "I won't do it! I can't! I shalln't!"

Kathryn glanced at the bed. "I bet they gave you Benedyrl." She stood up and glanced at the cocktail bags hanging from my IV Stand. "Um hum," she said, pointing to one of the bags. "Benedryl!"

I gasped and cried out, "Why would they do that to me?????"

And the realization hit me. After all this time, I thought the nurses liked me at the Chemo Cocktail Lounge. However, despite my bright, cheery attitude...despite making people pose on the floor as if they have fainted...despite having brought homemade Chicken Soup for everyone at the lounge today....THEY WANTED ME TO SLEEP AND BE QUIET!!!!!

The conspiracy was almost too much for my brain to comprehend. That was five hours ago. My eyes are still rolling in the back of my head and I feel weak and shaky. I can barely speak without sounding like I speaking in tongue! And tired? Wow. I'm just bone weary and I'm not used to napping. It goes against my Type A personality. But they did it...they found my kryptonite. Now, I have to find an anti-venom serum!!!!!

Those sneaky nurses...Next week, this Supergirl is going to turn the tables around on them and drink a gallon of coffee beforehand. They will never, ever take me down again! And THAT'S for sure and certain!!!!!

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