First for the good news! Bone marrow biopsy negative. Ill never have to take that god forsaken test again. Ill admit I was a little anxious about my first day of chemo. Not quite like the first day of school. I didn’t know what it would feel like or how the port would react. It really was just another emotional rollercoaster. They drew my blood from the port with ease. I didn’t really have any numbing cream so they sprayed on some freezing stuff but I felt the pinch of the needle. It’s all covered up with a bandage but the lines to connect to are coming out one side. Next they gave me Benadryl IV. I’ve had benadryl before but this administration gave me vertigo. Then a Gross sweet pill under my tongue for nausea. Hard to do for some reason and the other two of the same pill the nurse Barbara let me swallow with water. Yuck. Then on to the next chemo drug. I had been taking P - predisone already in pill form. The first liquid chemo drug is R - Rituxan. I had to take this drug in their presence for 3.5 hours to make sure I had no side effects. The Benadryl put me to sleep or maybe just helped me feel at ease. My husband said I woke up at one point and asked if i thought we could go to the casino this weekend. I also got a foot massage as there’s a masseuse that comes around. We also met with a nutritionist - who suggested eating healthy. Previously in the meeting with my dr my husbands dreams were squashed when the dr said I should eat whatever I want. Back to the chemo...well four hours later I was ready to be transported to my portable fanny pack of drugs. The R drug was a success and at my next treatment I would only need that as a shot. The next four days I’m carrying around a fanny pack with a blend of the remaining drugs that will save me. How it was explained: the R drug goes right to the lymphoma tumor and basically suffocates it. The next four days the blend of remaining drugs reinforces that suffocation and starts to kill the lymphoma as well as my good blood cells. Now this fanny pack is ugly. No Gucci label in the world will dress it up and since I believe I have to give it back I cant even bedazzle it. Tomorrow I’m planning on going to work for 1/2 a day before I have to go back to the dr for a refill of drugs (Every 24 hours i
need more). So I’ve finally started chemo and my mom is having minor surgery tomorrow to remove fluid from here stomach.
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