Well, I wound up doing four chemo treatments - February 15th, March 7th, March 28th, and April 18th. I never really had any bad reactions (besides the hair loss), but they made me really tired. Each one made me a bit more tired. Phil went with me to all but one; Mom and Erin went with me to the one he didn't go to. It was pretty nice over there - I was in the Mount Clemens General Infusion Clinic. You get to sit in your own room with a TV. Mom and Erin and I watched The Guardian with Kevin Costner. My session got over before the movie, but they let us stay and watch the end!
All the nurses are wonderful! They'll even bring you coffee! It's nice that you get to bring in food. Sometimes we'd get there and I had not eaten yet. I probably would have thrown up if I hadn't been able to do that.
Each time took around 4 hours. I would get a saline drip, then an anti-nausea drip, then a steroid drip, then the Abraxane, then, when that was done, they would flush my port with Heparin, I believe. The Abraxane had to be mixed and then had to settle for an hour before I could get it. They let me call when I was almost there so they could call the pharmacy and have them mix it. It's extremely expensive (over $10,000!!!), so they don't mix it up unless they are certain you can get it right away.
The day after each treatment, I had to give myself the Neupogen shot. Yuck. They cost $40 (after insurance pays for the rest), too! Ouch. I think they worked really well, though. Bren would bring home everything from school and I wouldn't get it. That was nice.
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