Made it through First round of Chemo!

October 20,2018

     Yesterday was unbelievably long! Went through 3 nurse shift changes and they were all excellent.  I started at 615am and got out about 10pm. I think I got a fair sample of everything that was to be expected: nausea, vomiting, headache, wasabi nose, bladder issues and lots of different reactions to pain medications. I had retained to much fluid during the procedure and in order to release me I had to lose 5lbs of liquid. So they gave me a diaretic, but that just makes you totally lose control and meanwhile they are telling you to hold it so they can measure😂

      But eventually, I made it out and after a couple more bouts of vomitting, got to bed. I woke up feeling like I had been hit by a truck and that pretty much persisted all day. I went for my labs and first round of Neupogen shots to stimulate my bone marrow. This will be my new routine for the next 10 days until they are ready to collect the stem cells. 

    For every step that seems dreadful, I somehow make it though!