I can’t say the first treatment is done since I sit here typing this with the pump attached to my hip injecting me with small doses of the 5-FU.

I arrived for the treatment early (as is my habit) and they had me in the room pretty quickly.  The room is pretty large with about a dozen chairs for patients and IV stands at each.  I got to pick out my chair which statistically will be where I sit for all of the treatments (it was a good location, with my back to a wall and sight lines of the whole room).  I started out with them bringing my Mediport online and starting an IV drip of fluids.  Shortly after starting this I discovered that I am slightly allergic to the clear bandage that they used to cover the port site ( it started getting itchy and when the nurse eventually came by and I pointed it out, she declared me allergic to that particular type of bandage and changed it out with a different type.  Eventually after that the redness subsided and I was no longer itchy.  I guess I can no longer claim to have no allergies.

The session lasted about 4 hours and consisted of a series of IV delivered bags containing the various drugs on my card.  The longest one was a 2 hour infusion of the Oxalaplatin.  After that one she primed me with a shot of the 5-FU to see if I had any immediate adverse reactions, then hooked up the pump system and sent me on my way.

I am happy to say that so far I have not felt any specific side effects other than a general fatigue that could also be attributed to waking up early and essentially sitting doing nothing for 4+ hours.  If I am feeling up to it, I may go into work tomorrow, otherwise I will work from home.