I made it!
It has been hard to find the time to get on here to tell y'all about the dooms day! It went OK and I am feeling OK. Just not myself, I feel a little queezy sometimes and jsut a bit overwhelmed. Railey starts dance class today and I am working on planning the party for the Night the Light so it's one thing after another.
The first thing they give you is a anti-nausea med that lasts for 5 days and a steroid to enhance that and keep you perky for 3 days. I guess when the steroid wears off you feel pretty shitty so I've got 1 1/2 days left :o) !! Then they give you a test dose of one of the drugs to make sure that you don't have a reaction to it. Then the long haul.....they give you the real dose and then another drug on a drip, which lasts about 2 hours. Then they give you the other 2 drugs through a push IV rather than the drip. Then you are free to go...until you come back the next day for a shot to help bring up your blood count! So that is the fun that was indured.
I must say that my first visit was kindof entertaining, I was, as I have noted to myself many times, far younger then anyone there. And it was a full house yesterday. All ten or so chairs were full when I got there and one opened up conveniently for me. The guy next to me at one point tried to push the recliner on his chair in and pulled out his IV and was struggling to get it back together without assistance from the nurses who were both very busy. The funny part came when he was like "Fuck", and I just wanted to die laughing! Then we had another little old lady come in and she kept cursing and saying "oh the damn port doesn't work", and stuff. When she left they said "see you in a week" and she said " hell if I know, I just come when my kids tell me." Another patient was supposed to be waiting for her daughter to pick her up and she grabbed a random guy (another patient on his way out) by the arm and said "sir can you just push me by the elevator" and the nurses were like no m'am you have to wait for your daughter....who needed a magazing there was drama happening all around me!
It was all-around a strange experience and I really can't wait to get it over with! I hate the queezy feeling and I am eager to be cancer free ASAP!
Thanks for listening and supporting.....
~regan
4 Comments:
It's good to see you had entertainment around to keep your mind off of things. I bet that was quite a show!! I enjoyed the days story!!!! Railey did good in class yesterday too, I'm so excited to be teaching her!!!!
Lova Ya,
Jay
I am so glad to hear that you made it through the first one and as least had some smiling going on while it was taking place...you have a beautiful smile and I can't imagine you without one on your face.
I am looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks...trying to do what I can from 500 miles away...
Love you, Robin
Regan, Your A tropper! Im so happy to hear everything is going ok.I was happy to hear about the comedy surrounding you!I also am looking forward to the 19.Say hello to Raily and Josh. Love, Lisa XX
Regan, I'm glad you made it!!!!I hope it continues to go well! Hope to see ya'll soon, Tyler
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