Friday, December 9, 2022

So far – good

Home from the first treatment. It wasn’t at all bad. IV went in the back of my hand; it’s a bit sore now but she said it was the best spot for it and I was OK with that as she had no trouble inserting it. There was about a half-hour wait with my anti-nausea drugs (3 of them) and a steroid pill that will help the anti-nausea drugs work better. They gave me another drug and its side effect is that I probably won’t sleep tonight; some people apparently scrub floors during the night but that won’t happen here. One of the chemo drugs was injected into the line manually – that took about half an hour. The IV drugs through the bag took about an hour but next time they will likely push it through in half an hour. 

I packed a bag this morning with my anti-nausea drugs, magazine, iPad, music, “family” blanket and Emma’s pillow. Next time I’ll lighten the load and just take the music, pillow, and blanket. The chair is comfortable, and it was even better once I figured out how to recline it. My feet were cold so I’ll take warmer socks next time.

I have some nausea but she said in general if you didn’t have much morning sickness during pregnancy (I didn’t) you often don’t experience it with the chemo. Feeling “off” this afternoon but I can’t decide if it is a chemo reaction or just my usual “up from a nap”. I slept for a couple of hours this afternoon but I’ve taken another anti-nausea pill.

There are several daily routines I need to keep up with. Blood pressure and temperature checks, anti-nausea pills for two more days and the white blood cell injections start on Sunday. The clinic checked on the echocardiogram and it is scheduled for January 3. Double blood work between now and my next treatment. Treatments will be every two weeks on Friday morning.

It’s all good – so far.