UPDATE - CHEMO

Started chemo on Thursday, 9/14. Thursday was the Rituxan (R) component. Lots of "pre" stuff in bags, and a couple "pushes" in syringes, and, and, and, a 50ml bag on Benadryl, and anti-nausea stuff . My port works fine, so no needles other than the initial "plug in" The Benadryl is a mother; it made me feel loopy and woozy as heck (4 big pours pf vodka is less of a challenge!). Then, the rituxan, a big 400ml bag of clear liquid. Blood pressure check every 30 minutes. Started peeing it out within 20 minutes and every 30 minutes thereafter. Felt shitty the rest of the day and night from the Benadryl. Total session took about 5 hours.

On Friday it was the CHOPS. Lots of small "pre" bags and "pushes" of this-and-that. Then, 2 big pushes of a red syringe that took about 15 minutes to complete (makes you pee pink/red for the rest of the day). No Benadryl. Then, the medium sized bag of a "main" component. Total time was about 4 hours. Felt fine during it all and for most of the rest of the day; had a decent dinner and went to the watering hole and had some Vodka. BUT, later, in bed, it all started to change; my belly felt crappy and I felt kind of "buzzy" all over; slept very little. Took the Prednisone this morning. I see the oncologist this coming Thursday and am going to ask him for Ativan.

The shit is already kicking in this morning; my tongue has a "hot soup burn" feeling and my coffee tastes not so pleasing.

More to follow.

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Edited: 05/26/2018 at 04:23 AM by dingpatch