Category: cancer
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Chemo Round #12
Thursday was another 45 minute day at club chemo. It seems like we have been going to the CC forever, but I still have eight more treatments of herceptin to go. That is 24 more weeks. Practically half of a year. And a darn long time in dog years. It is getting tiresome. Much as…
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Chemo Round #10 & #11
The chemo is getting easier and there is hardly enough time to pass around the cookies and change the settings on the I Pad. Chemo is now 45 minutes every three weeks until the first week of December. In the next two weeks I have to make a decision on which drugs I wish to…
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Chemo Round #9
Chemo Round #9 was a big deal to Senor Poodela and I. We approached the event like graduating from high school. #9 was to be the last of the long and really damaging doses of chemotherapy.That is not to say that there are still many more months of chemo ahead for me, just not as…
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Chemo Round #8
Some good news! The result of the brain scan/abdominal ultrasound/and various other recent tests/procedures is… I do not have a brain tumour, but I do have a nice sized gallstone for goodness sake. Just for clarification-the gallstone was not located in my brain, but in the pelvic area. Although there is a small brain and…
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Chemo Round #7
Chemo Round #7, better known to us as Christmas Chemo, took place on December 17th at the usual crime scene. This new regime of drugs, which will occur for four sessions three weeks apart, takes six to seven hours to administer. That is 7 hours tied to an IV pole with nowhere to go other…
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Chemo Round #5 & #6
Once you have completed the first four doses of killer chemo, you can move on to the next 4 treatments of not quite as toxic a mixture of drugs. Sort of like on a game show. Rounds #5 and #6 were approx. 5 hours each and were given on consecutive days. The nurse gives the…
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Chemo Round #4
My cycle of 4 “AC” drugs was completed on October 15th. After the pre-chemo interview which occurs the day before treatment (that is the visit to the CC where they ask you questions about how the chemo is impacting your health and well-being) it was determined by the oncologist to add more anti nausea medication(…
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Chemo Round #3
Let us start with the good news. The week before round three the surgeon removed my twisted port and inserted a new one. Each time I have had this procedure, as well as the surgeon checking to see what was going on with the port, I have had to have my neck slit. At this…
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Chemo Round #2
Well, how am I doing today ? My second round of chemo on Sept.24th has left me nauseous, tired, suffering from a never ending gastric challenge, and cranky! After two hours of various nurses trying unsuccessfully to access my port on chemo day, followed by an Xray the next day, and a scheduled meeting with…
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Chemo Round #1
On Wed. August 27th I had my first round of chemo for the treatment of breast cancer . Although I had taken a prescribed Ativan prior to arrival at the Cancer Clinic, I became exceedingly tense as several staff members took turns attempting to insert an IV in my arm. A port had been installed…
All Pinked Out 