Chemo appointment #5 out of 8 (yay! over half-way done!) was scheduled at 9:45AM this morning. My doc wanted me to have blood drawn and see her before I got started. My port of course wouldn't give blood (no matter how hard they tried) so they stuck me in the arm. Twice. No new bruises this time though, so that's good. And they finally got enough blood out of me to move on. I got weighed (I've lost ten pounds since chemo started and weighed in even lower today. Heck no, I'm not going to tell you how much I weigh! Are you crazy?? Okay. 120.) and blood pressure cuffed (a little high, but not horrible) and temp and all that. Then I waited to see the doc for awhile. I was in with her for less than ten minutes. Nothing new. I guess she just wants to ask me how I'm doing and check my breathing/pulse/etc. Then she told me to find a seat in the chemo room and she'd be back with the orders soon.
By the time the nurses hooked me up it was 11AM. They gave me new drugs today! No more AC. Now I'm getting Taxol. When I asked how long it would take, they said 3 hours. HA HA HA HA What they really meant was the TAXOL would take 3 hours. They're sneaky. Because before they can give you Taxol, they give you a bag of Steroids. Then they give you a bag of Benedryl. Then they gave me nausea meds. THEN they gave me the Taxol. Only on your first day of Taxol, they have to give you three drops and wait 30 mins to see if you have an allergic reaction before they can continue the drip. Needless to say, I got out of there at 4:15PM. It was a very long day.
Other than being tired (from the Benedryl) and a little tingling in my feet, I'm doing fine tonight. Except the benedryl wore off and ironically I can't sleep! It's 2AM. eek
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That is a nearly a whole workday! I bet you were beat, I know I would have been even without the drugs. It's exciting that you are already halfway over the chemo. We are so having a party after the last one!
XOXO
Ang
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