Chemo #1

Monday, December 15, 2008

I was really impressed with the how quickly this session went through. I didn't wait long in the waiting room, then the nurse quickly brought my order to the pharmacy and within minutes my medication was there. The poor girl next to me waited more than an hour to get her chemo from pharmacy. The medications was actually there before they could get my IV started, because it only took them 3 tries.I have to take 3 types of chemo, the first on is red and very toxic, I couldn't move my arm while it was dripping in but in only took about 15 minutes. This is one the makes me pee red and I have to flush the toilet 2x. The second one took less then a minute but I had to eat a popsicle while it was being administered. Something about it wanting to kill the cells in my mouth, so if my mouth is cold the medicine won't go there. The last one took 30 minutes and she explained that it would cause brain freeze and sinus pressure. Sure enough, my head was throbbing by the time it was finished.They gave me loads for drugs to get at the pharmacy, so we stopped there before coming home, which turns out, I REALLY needed the drugs.It took less than 2 hours of being home before I started vomiting. I even puked up my anti-nausea medicine and had to call the home nurse to come to give me a shot in the ass to help with the nausea, which didn’t take long after she left and I vomited again. Fortunately, this all happened at night and the kiddies were sleeping, they have no idea what’s going on.Today, the nausea is gone but I still have a really bad headache. I was able to eat a small breakfast and sleep for a bit, so it’s getting better. I keeping positive thoughts that this is the worst of it.