Anti nauseous drug in. Now on the allergy meds. Good thing Sven is a sloth since they don’t get bored easily.
Already on the 2nd drug
Month: March 2022
Hooked up
I’m all hooked up and getting the first meds which are anti nauseous meds.
So far so good. They wouldn’t let Jeff in with me. But I’m fine. I was nervous but now that it’s all hooked up I’m good.
Waiting for first Wasabi
Waiting to go in.
I’m sure CHOP is a great name in Spanish. In English it sounds not so great. I guess they are going to karate chop the cancer cells.
Wasabi #1
My code name for chemo is Wasabi. I hate saying chemo or treatment.
It starts at 9:00 and while saying I’m excited would be incorrect, I am happy to be starting because the sooner it starts the sooner it ends.
The entire thing should be about fours hours from start to finish. I’m packing my backpack as if I’m going for days.
Sven my support sloth is coming, along with Jeff, snacks, books, phone games, downloaded true crime docuseries, and most important an ice cooler!
My biggest concern is neurathapy which is nerve problems to your hands and feet. One thing that is supposed to help is icing your hands and feet. This infusion place doesn’t offer this so I have to bring my own.
Jeff and I were joking that we should put some Bud Lights in the cooler and tell people that as Americans we don’t go anywhere without beer.
Pre treatment blood test
This picture is demonstrating how empty handed I was leaving the blood test lab.
The first time I got a blood test after being diagnosed they presented me with a little box. I thought, “Weird. I need to give a urine sample and the container is in this box? But I opened it to find this.
chocolate or soap? It was chocolate!
They told me it was a present from the lab. Then the women all showed me the necklaces they were wearing which were the cancer support symbol. 🎗🎗.
(Interesting side note. Each cancer has a different color ribbon. Ovarian cancer is teal. Breast cancer is pink. Yellow is several different cancers.)
I assumed this was going to be an ongoing gift but it must have been a one time only “Welcome to cancer” gift.
Not that I’m complaining. I’m trying to cut out sugar so I shouldn’t be eating chocolate anyway. There is also a supermarket in the same building so I can buy all the after blood draw candy I want. But still seems like I should at least get a sticker.
Today I bring the blood test results to the oncologist and then hopefully start the chemo tomorrow.
I hate saying chemo a hundred times a day so my new code word is Wasabi. As in tomorrow when I get my first Wasabi dose.