Yesterday was round 2 of 4 of my chemo sessions. I was so blessed to have both Guy and Rosie with me for support and company. Everything went according to plan and pretty uneventful. I had had a bad reaction with the Benadryl that they shot into me with the first round, so we were able to avoid that drug and I just took a Claritan tablet before the procedure which worked just fine. Guy left after the meeting the with the doctor and I was settled into the infusion chair and that left Rosie and I to visit and go over wedding plans. Great distraction and productive at the same time.
The nurses at the infusion center are awesome. Whereas it usually takes 2 to 3 pokes every time to get IV's into me, they have been able to hit it the first time both times I have been there. Makes a huge difference when you don't have to go through the multi-pokes which is historically a huge problem for me.
We were sitting there waiting for the IV drips to process for about 3 hours which went through the lunch hour. At the end, the nurse said to Rosie and I..."you guys must be hungry and probably heading out for a bite to eat". Of course, we had already made plans on where we were going to go and told her "yes, we are going to grab something as soon as we leave here". To that she replied, "that sounds good, I just wouldn't recommend going out for any greasy mexican food or anything like that". We smiled politely in acknowledgement. In short time, we were in the jeep and heading down the road to El Burro, our favorite local mexican restaurant according to our original plan. Stubborn and determined? Maybe. But we had a plan, the food was great (I took an anti-nausea pill preventatively) but did just fine. Mind over matter :)
Today is pretty good so far. I will head back to the oncology center for my neulasta shot this afternoon and tomorrow is when all of the bone pain and fatigue will begin to take over for the next couple of weeks. Here we go again....
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