Day 0 minus 1 and Day 5% of the 100 day process is under my belt.
This has been incredibly easy so far. I expected to feel OK for the first couple days and then start to feel badly. Today was the first reminder as I started a new chemo that requires several "premeds" that make me feel yucky as soon as they are pushed through the IV. I then got the medication, for which I got in bed and decided to sleep through it. Just as I snuggled in, the nurse came in with 3 large cups and ice chips and 6 popsicles. I had read patients get bad mouth sores in this process. The chilling of the mouth causing vasoconstriction, can reduce the sores. I am happy at this point to report I don't feel any. In the past, I got more sores down my throat. Time will tell. Andy had gone home to get some sleep. Mason wasn't feeling 100% so he didn't come last night. Julie, my little sis, was supposed to come today for 5 days but the Urgent Care told her they thought she has a virus so she didn't come. Andy is back with a borrowed twin sized airbed and ...