Chemo Round One

Thursday July 21 - First found of chemo in my system - DONE!   Lookin' Hot right!!!!

Today was a pretty chill.  After the last two days of torture today was really pretty uneventful. Yay....no more poking me!

I slept REAL good last night.  One - I got phone calls from lots of loved ones that is the best! Two -  I was on drugs! Three - I was on drugs!  I will be honest I don't remember most of yesterday because of being so chill and having drugs in my system.  Didn't even recall the nurses coming in.

I got up ate, showered and went on my walks.  I get to walk a very small area of the wing.  I am the weirdo that says hi to everybody.  Ha, Ha!

I had another talk with Dr. M.  We went over any questions on the paperwork/consent form she had given me.  I pretty much told here all the medical jargon and so forth I am leaving in their capable hands.  I had questions on HOW it all plays out.

It looks like on certain rounds of the chemo I will be doing inpatient like this first round with monitoring afterwards.  I then will go to the Hope Lodge by the Cancer Society of America.  It is a free place to stay while continuing my visits daily.  On other rounds I will be outpatient with follow up visits everyday.  So I have to stay very close. This could go on for 7-8 months.  Here is to hoping that I don't get sick and add to the count!  SO NO ONE EVER VISIT ME IF YOU ARE SICK.  Just skype or facetime with me.

After I had a chat with the Dr.  I had a visitor! Yay!  Jessica {West} Raguskus heard I was here and stopped by with a Birthday gift.  It was nice seeing her.  It was a good way of going into the Chemo process.  I chatted with her for a bit and the next thing.....

Chemo.

My nurse and I watch Ghostbusters 2 as she administered the drugs.  Some of them have to be pushed in to the line over several minutes.  The others just drip in.  Lets just say Ghostbusters 2 wasn't the best.  ;-)

I have to say it was pretty anticlimactic.  Huh....so we are done.  No convulsions or sudden needs to throw up.  So I did okay.  We will see how this goes.

I did need some anti nausea pills before I could attempt to eat dinner.  I got most of dinner down. Went on my walk and I spent the rest of the night watching TV.