I started my first round of chemotherapy last Wednesday, Sept. 14th. The experience itself wasn't so bad though it took a long time, about 5 hours. Everyone was very friendly and the infusion room is actually quite lovely as it has 2 walls of windows that look out into a copse of trees. I graded some papers, played with my new iPad (Crocker staff rules!!), and my mom brought me lunch. :)
In addition to the chemotherapy drugs, they also give you anti-nausea meds as well as a steroid to mitigate any possible allergic reactions to the chemo drugs. I didn't realize that steroids are actually quite a stimulant. So for the next couple of days I was flying high, very energetic, got lots of things done. Sat and Sunday were a little rough. I had a little bit of the body and bone aches that I was told to expect. I was also told to expect major constipation from the anti-nausea meds but instead I had the opposite. For about 4 days I had several gut wrenching bowel movements (GWBMs) per day, but that has been my most serious side effect so far. Other than the GWBMs, I have been feeling pretty good. In fact, the past 3 days or so I've been feeling very normal. I'm supposed to be experiencing some fatigue at this point but I can't say I'm any more tired than usual. I won't assume that it will always be this easy but SO FAR SO GOOD.
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