Chemo#2...How Time Flies

It is hard to think that it was 14 days ago that I had my first treatment. This past week has gone by fast since I was feeling like my normal self. I forgot to post yesterday, SORRY. My PICC line was inserted yesterday and it was not a pleasent experience. The shot of lidocaine hurt like HECK! It was bad enough the first time she administered it but then it turned out that she could not access the vein in my left arm and had to redo the process on my right arm. Hence lidocaine shot #2 (so painful that it brought tears to my eyes).

Also, the nurse called me later in the day to let me know that my white blood cell count (WBC) was low. Normally (in 50% of the people), the WBC is supposed to rebound before the next chemo and mine has not. It is not low enough to postpone chemo but I now need to take shots to booster my WBC @ $500 a pop. That will begin on Sunday. Ray will be taught how to give them to me since I need to take them every other day for 10 days. I don't look forward to the bone pain that they are said to cause. But that is neither here nor there and today is a new day - a chemo day.

My appointment is in San Marcos at 9:30. It should go faster than last time because I don't need to 1 hour inservice/question period that I had last time. Also, since I have the PICC they can speed up the last drug that took almost 2 hours last time.

This time I felt sick before I even left my appoitment. We stopped to eat and the food did not agree with me - or maybe it was the other way around. However, we did stop at a meat market in Escondido on the way home. Ray ordered some carned asada and I picked up a taco and it was so good! This did agree with my stomach or at least with my mouth.

When we got home I watch part of a movie and then went to lie down in bed. I skipped dinner and went to be.