I was hoping for a visit from the nurse today, but after not hearing from her by 11AM, I made a call. Talking with her we arranged for her to come tomorrow morning and to bring some backup supplies, which along with the Amazon order I expect tomorrow should alleviate that stress. I noticed the […]
Lazy Sunday again
Other than the stress about my low supplies, today went well. I did end up burning through another apparatus when the adhesive on the one I installed in the middle of the night lost hold. I tried for awhile to augment it with tape before it gave out, but ultimately that is only going to […]
Another day, another lesson
Today was for the most part good. I woke unexpectedly early to find that my apparatus had become detached from my in the night. It was the night of the third day, so I was reaching the end of life for that one, but still, not how one wants to wake at 3AM. I took […]
End of First treatment
Today I turned in my infusion pump. After carrying it around for 2 days, it was nice to move without my hip pack attached. The steroid that they gave me during day 1 must have worn out since I was much less “zoomy” today and even took a nap. I still feel good but I […]
First treatment, day 2
I spent the day with the infusion pump, slowly giving me doses of the 5-FU all day. So far I have not observed any particular side effects from it. I did experience the cold sensitivity yesterday to the Oxalaplatin, but nothing too major. I went into work and was able to put in a normal […]
First treatment underway!
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 […]
Tomorrow we engage with the enemy!
Today started out like the last two. I woke and went into work. Thankfully I received a call shortly after getting in confirming that my chemotherapy treatments start tomorrow at 9AM PST. In the afternoon I met with my surgeon for a follow-up and everything is healing nicely. To prepare for my treatment, I got […]
One day closer
Today was a standard work day. Tomorrow is the follow-up with the surgeon and hopefully (the gods of insurance willing) Wednesday will start the chemotherapy. There is really nothing else to say for today.
Not much going on until Tuesday.
Sunday was pretty much like Saturday, except we did get out and see the latest Star Wars movie. I wanted to see it in the theater and do so before I needed to fear crowds. As it was, the theater was pretty empty anyway, but the movie was fun and enjoyable, so worth the effort. […]
Lazy Saturday
Today was just another lazy Saturday. Woke up, had breakfast then took a nap for an hour. Pretty much just lounged around, letting the body focus its energy and resources on healing. The highlight of the day was binge watching Series 2 of Black Adder.