Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Finished the third round of chemo

The day went well. Each dose of chemotherapy went in without a hitch. First one goes in over about 3 hours. If I were to have a reaction to it, they would have to slow it down. But I didn't, then on to the vincristin mainlined into the iv. Then the red devil, main lined over a half hour. The nurse sits there and patiently pushed it in while watching carefully for a reaction. She had to wear gloves to protect herself. If she got it on her skin it would burn her. The main thing with this drug is that you do NOT want it to get out of the vein into surrounding tissue as it will cause necrosis. Isn't it amazing that a drug into a vein is a good thing, but out of the vein is very bad. Anyway, it went in without a hitch. The last one was cytoxin. It goes in over an hour. That the one that causes a little sniffle and a headache. But a claritin and a couple of tylenol took care of that.
We got home at 5:30. I had some Trader Joes lentil soup. Delicious! Just like Mom used to make. 
Talked to Katie for quite a while making plans for the baby. All fun stuff!
Life is good!

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