Friday, January 21, 2011

The Story: Part 21 Chemotherapy

This post will update my story. I will now just keep you up-to-date on daily procedures and visits.
Not knowing what to expect, Terry and I went in to the cancer center.
After visiting with the doctor, the nurses, Kelly and Jamie, had me sit down in a reclining chair. Then the paperwork. After going through all the paperword--- the question was asked, "do you agree with all the information given? If not you can leave right now." Obviously I agreed.
The nurses decided my port was still to itchy...so they didn't use it. They hooked me up with a warm blanket- and an IV in my left arm. They started with steroids to help my body handle the chemo.
After the steroids they hooked up the "taxatear". (I wrote the Chemo's name phonetically.). You'll never guess what happened next..... Yes-- my face started going red. My head felt like it was ready to pop off my shoulders. Nurse Jamie hustled in and disconnected me. I guess I'm allergic to this chemo. NICE....... Benadryl was hooked up to stop the reaction.
Long story short...they gave me the benadryl and hooked up the chemo again. This went on for 6 hours
Side-note;
Nurse Kelly gave me some wigs to try on. I tried a couple on and Kelly said, "Gloria, why don't you take off your wig so the other wigs will fit better.". I told her, "This is my real hair. It doesn't come off...YET.". We all laughed. .... We're all caught up.

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