Treatment Week 1

Well, the time has come.

I had my first chemo treatment yesterday. It went well, I feel like. As well as it can go?

My schedule on Mondays is this:

8:30 am LABS

9:00 am RADIATION

9:30 am CHEMO

There was a power outage on Saturday, so the radiation machine took a little bit longer to power up. I didn't get back to radiation til about 9:30ish. I came back, and we started my IV meds.

First, I got a small IV of steroids, to help with nausea.
Next, I got anti-nausea (Zofran), to help with nausea.
:)
After that, a bag of fluids- hydration.
Then the chemo, Cisplatin.
After that baby was done, another bag of fluids.

I named my IV pole Gladys. She and I are going to have weekly dates, every Monday. ;) No one get jealous, now.

Because the Cisplatin processes a lot in the kidneys, I was given so much fluids. And it worked, because I went to the bathroom SIX times there, between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm.

So far, I haven't felt too shabby. I've felt a tiny, tiny bit of nausea, but nothing too bad at all. I can already feel that my throat is a little sore.

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It hasn't really sunk in that I'm not down at the temple, because today is usually my P-day, and yesterday I was supposed to be on the grounds. I'm sure it's really going to sink in later this week. It sucks, yes, but I'm glad that we are taking proactive measures to kick this cancer in the butt. FOR GOOD.

Bring it on, Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, bring it on.

Keep running.