As I put as my Facebook status this afternoon. "Call me... Captain Chemo; cancer killer."
My first treatment is ok so far. It was very short notice getting in here today. Things moved along a little slowly because they kind of shoe-horned me into the schedule today. (My nurse today will not be my nurse for the rest of my treatments.) My biggest adverse reaction so far has been the Benadryl that they gave me as a precaution. Sometimes people have reaction to the first medicine they gave me (I can't remember the name.)
I hate Benadryl. It makes me very tired and light headed. Which is why people give it to their kids on long trips. We tried that once, but it had the opposite effect of what we wanted! They stayed awake all night in the car crying! Never gain...
Everyone has been very nice, and supportive. I even got to watch the last two periods of the USA/Canada gold medal women's hockey game. Too bad Canada won... This is one sport where the women's game is just as good as the men's (I know that sounds chauvinistic, but have you ever watched the WNBA? It's nothing like the mens game) The women play just as hard and fast as the men, just without the body checking. That being said, the refs didn't do the Americans any favors at the end of the game... The nurses kept coming by my station to ask how the game was going, and for details. I thought that was pretty cool, because no one even knew the game was on before I got here. I guess my enthusiasm was contagious.
This is the first session of 12. That takes me to the middle of July before it's over. I'm not exactly sure what comes after that. I'm sure there will be tests, and whatever to determine the next steps... I'm just happy to get going...
Captain Chemo signing off....
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