First Chemo day

Yesterday I started chemo. Before that, I ate some hard bread and did not chew it and had hicups for most of the day. Even this morning I have had them.

First, I had a reaction to the first drug. Started with some pain in the chest and I was very flush. They had to stop and give me more steroids. They mentioned that this sometimes happens on the first chemo session. It took from 0900 to 1600 for the session.

Otherwise it was pretty uneventful. I worked a bit. Too many steroids made napping impossible.

They gave me an infusion pump that we will go back and remove at 1600 today. The pump gives me 5 ml every hour. Sleeping with it was not hard.

When I got home I was wiped out.  Had pain in my tumor area (here is hoping that is a good sign of cells being killed off)

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  1. Rose MartiniNovember 15, 2018 at 1:20 PM

    Good to hear that you are hoping the pain was the tumor cells are beingkillled off. When will you know if that is true?

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  2. Rose MartiniNovember 15, 2018 at 1:21 PM

    The is mom. I do not know why my name was not on the company.

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  3. Aunt AliceNovember 15, 2018 at 4:10 PM

    Hi Rose, click the icon left of Unknown and then Edit Profile on far right. Add your name to Display Name and Save.

    Stephen, we applaud you walking forward, and will hold you in our hearts, one step at a time. One amazing nephew!!

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