Well folks, today was round two of the "red devil" chemo infusions. I'm cautiously optimistic that this one will go better than my first encounter two weeks ago. For starters, I was prescribed a new anti-nausea pill called Emend to take one hour before the treatment. Turns out I should have gotten this the first time. Nice, right? They also added Ativan to my IV, which is supposed to help with nausea, too. It also put me in a very relaxed state, which I'm still feeling. Verging on loopy. That's fine with me, but I probably shouldn't be writing on my blog right now...
I will tell you that an older, very frail woman sat down next to me to have her blood drawn. I thought my alien really stuck out of my skin—her alien was hopped up on steroids. It was enormous! I actually got a little queasy looking at it. Her alien was also very angry because she winced with pain when they put the needle in it. Seeing that made me grateful my alien isn't as big and mean as hers!
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