"Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come." -- Psalm 71:3
I decided to let you into the secret world of a Chemo Day--in pictures!!
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| Anna made me two beautiful pillowcases for my couch pillow. You can also notice my wig, courtesy of the American Cancer Society. However, it kind of gives me a headache, so had to change to a comfy scarf for this day! |
Chemo #4 About to begin
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The happening place--Party Central.
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| Skipped the weighing me step--some things remain private!! Here she is accessing my port, the implanted device that they push all the drugs through. That means one stick, and it's pre-numbed with magical cream so I don't even feel that. |
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| BP time. |
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Talking to the nurse, pre chemo.
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Now, to the PA.
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| This is "The Bullpen" where some people get their chemo. I use this when I just need a shorter time, say of fluids, but prefer my own room for when we're doing the 8 hour day! |
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| Waiting for chemo to start, talking on the phone. |
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| One drug can cause peripheral neuropathy (numbness, tingling, pain in feet and hands). To help combat this they put ice packs on hands and feet during the time that is administered. |
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| Anna went and got lunch from Braeda. |
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| Cookie from lunch--Q for Queen, obviously |
Nap time. I woke myself up with a terrible, awful snore. My first words to Anna? "That was not snoring." I'm not sure just what it was, though! :)
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| The reason chemo takes so long is that one drug causes bad stuff to happen in your kidneys, so they give me three bags of fluids through out the day to flush it out of there. The result? Lots of trips to the potty, taking all my drugs with me. |
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| No cameras in here, please!! |
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| This is the high tech IV pole that administers multiple meds at one time. |
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| Anna, my Chemo Buddy and I at the end of the day. |
Song of the week, sent to me by Natalie:
Tumor is down to 1 x 1.5 cm now!! YAY!!! Of course, that is just the manual measurement, so it is not as accurate as if they were doing monthly MRI's, but it gets harder and harder for her to find it each time. I had to point out about where it is before she felt it this time.
And today I am feeling much better than last week one day after chemo. But, I think it is time for a nap now--no one is here to tell me if I snore!
Love,
Kitt.
God bless you - I'm praying!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this "look" into your days at chemo. Praying.
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