Chemo on Wednesday was interesting - what I remember of it. Arrived to the hospital at 7:30 to check in and get prepared. Because this involves a study I now have my own nurse who just draws my blood and puts the IV in place. Once I was ready to go they ran saline for about 30 minutes before I was ready to start. Unfortunately they have to give the IV form of Benedryl in case of any allergic reaction. Benedryl make you drowsy and basically puts you out. In my case it also give me jumpy leg syndrome. Imagine laying there and not being able to stop moving your legs. AAARRRRR! Fortunately they have a drug they were able to give me that stopped it after a while. The chemo went for about 2 hours and then they watched me for an additional two hours to make sure there were no adverse reactions. During the time the chemo was being given they took blood samples several times to check liver function and platelet counts. I was good throughout the infusion and tolerated it well. As part of the study I also had to answer a questionnaire via computer on how I felt, etc which they gave me after I had the Benedryl so who knows what I put down! LOL All and all it was a pretty uneventful day. We finally got out of there about 2:30 and it was R&R for the rest of the evening.
The next morning I woke up with a terrible head cold. We thought at first it may have been a reaction to the chemo but it turned out the be a good old fashion cold. It basically knocked my on my butt all weekend. Thank goodness my super sister-in-law Cindy came to the rescue during the snow storm with DayQuil and NightQuil along with good old fashion chicken soup and crackers. It was the only thing I took that relieved the pressure. Feeling better today except for some fatigue.
Next treatment is scheduled for February 29. Hopefully it will be smooth as this one was.
Until I have more news......Keep on Dancin'!!
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