Treatment No. 5

The day before treatment I went to a 630pm yoga class. Todd arrived at my house around 745-8pm. We watched Night at the Museum and then we went to bed. It's always early to rise on treatment day!!

We woke up bright and early and had a little Dunkin Donut breakfast. I had a small cappucino and an old fashioned donute, Todd had a breakfast sandwich. It was yummy. Then it was off to the hospital.

Todd and I spoke with Dr. Sanz. He asked to see my bald head. And we chatted about my last scan. In his opinion, he'd rather see me skip radiation. It's nice to have another perspective but it also makes it a harder decision.

I went into the chemo lounge where Kay tapped into my port-a-cath and got a blood return! Hooray! And so the treatment began. Before I was injected with any chemicals, I asked the nurse if she could push the Benadryl more slowly so that I wouldn't get so dizzy. Instead, she asked me if I would like to decrease my Benadryl altogether! Sure! It made for a much easier experience since I wasn't so dizzy and could carry on conversation a little more easily.

Dr. Sanz came in to give me a copy of the radiologists report of my second scan. It reads: "Currently, there is no evidence of FDG-avid disease." That means: THERE IS NO MORE CANCER.

About half way through my treatment one of the other patients that I share the chemo lounge with every-other Wednesday began having an allergic reaction to one of the drugs he was receiving. All the nurses rushed into the lounge, got him an oxygen tank, Dr. Sanz ran in with his nurse practicioner, Gloria. They put up a partition so we couldn't see what was going on. It was scarey. Eventually, Ed came back to Earth. They stopped his IV and started him on just saline. They took down the partition.

We got home around 12pm and I took a nap. When I woke up Todd made me peanut butter toast. It was a pretty lazy day. We watched Blood Diamond. Auntie Nancy brought over dinner and we ate with my parents.

Todd had to leave around 8pm. I watched Kitchen Nightmares with Dad, Billy, and Victoria. And went to bed.

And so ends another chemotherapy treatment.