Oct 10th

INFUSION DAY

PART I

Up early because as anything else life goes on, making sure the boy makes the bus after taking care of the animals. Warning him about if things run over he may be walking. So go with the flow he is.........OK........Bus is here, boy is gone, time to tend to the Chemo stuff.

Nervous

8:00 am  departure and 9:10 is intended arrival time, first blood work, Dr check in, then infusion bay (floor, bay sounds so much cooler) . Bag ready, blue card packed, time being watched. It is 6:30 am.

Nervous

They did not say I could not have coffee so I am! Breakfast as usual is an after thought, not really having any of that. House is quiet, no one else is around now, poor hubby will have a long day today first infusion bay from 9 to whenever then working 7pm to 3am........TROOPER. It is also because of this that I have decided to invite my Mommy over for all night movie night :) Then I ain't got to be all alone when I am not sure how I will be feeling.

Nervous

We are on the drive and Hubby is nervous too......finally I was wondering how I could have been the only one. The drive is the usual little con jested we will be on time.

Check in, blood draw, runs late it is now 9:30 first I go to the lab until they find out I have one of those fancy ports, then I get to go directly to the nurses station who comments on the wonderful healing of it before she jabs it with the needle and flushes out for her blood draw (don't worry didn't really hurt) the fancy little tube is left hanging and this is what the chemo will go in through in infusion bay. COOL

Nervous

Meeting with Dr more explanation about my chemo I will have the R-chop then 21 days repeat, (that is a cycle) after 3 cycles, PET scan (to check progress) and then more than likely 3 more cycles........just as was thought. He compliments the healing of my port too!! Great healer right here!!

Hair will probably fall out 7-10 days...............................................................................................................more than likely will fall out while sleeping and will find it on my pillow. 

Bye bye cute haircut

Then onto infusion bay. Got my little three wall room with a view, nice chair, tv, dvd player, magazines, chair for hubby, pillow. Would you like a warm blanket???>>>YES!!!! 

And then somewhere past 11:30 between meeting nurses, social worker, ordering my lunch infusions begin. first up Benydril.........................Good night.

~Jewel~

"Down so Long"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH5bC2jTluM