I just started chemo two minutes ago. Now I know it's real. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing to start chemo on Friday the 13th haha.
The chemo that I start today is called Busuflan. I will be given a dose at 8am, 2pm, 8pm, and then 2am every day for the next four days. Each dose will run for about 2 hours each. Since this chemo can cause seizures (and which I am prone to) the nurse premedicated me with meds like ativan to prevent them. I also take a few other meds orally to prevent things such as fungi growing in my lungs, an antiemetic so I won't throw up a lot. A lot of what they do is for prevention. But if something does occur it's not at its worst because there was medicine there to hinder the effects of whatever it is.
The purpose of doing this round of chemo is to clear out my bone marrow for my transplant cells which I will receive next Friday. The reason why I can't just do round after round of chemo anymore is because with the chemo alone it is more likely that my cancer will come back again and if that happens it will be even harder to treat. So what the transplant does is give me all new cells that will make up an immune system and hopefully this new immune system will make the white blood cells correctly.
The bag that the chemo comes in a tiny bag with less than half of it filled.
Here are some pictures of my pole, Samson and the bags of meds which don't have names yet (Hmm maybe Delilah).
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Survivor shirt for every day you receive chemo? You should do it. I'm jealous of your view. The sun wakes me up in the morning, but it doesnt look pretty & I cant see a sunset.
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