Birthday gift: Day One of Chemotherapy
3:05 pm
It’s been a slow day so far, and that is a good thing! That means that I have not had any adverse reactions. Of course, I still have one more drug to go.
First I took Benadryl and Tylenol by mouth. Then I started with an IV drip of decadron, a corticosteriod to prevent adverse reactions to the strong and toxic drugs my body will receive, and Aloxi, an anti-nausea medicine that will last 3-5 days. At this point, I probably had more medicines in my body than ever before. And no chemo yet!
12:30-2:00 Herceptin No reaction. Boring – Hooray!
2:10-2:45 Emend, another anti-nausea med
2:45 Taxotere When the RN started this drip, she advised me to “yell” if I felt anything different. What is “yell”-able, I wonder? Not that twinge in my shoulder – that’s been happening off and on all day.
