Thank you for returning or visiting my blog for the first time. My last chemo post had almost 500 views and that excited me most of them may be my friends but maybe there was just one person going through something similar to me and was able to read and take something from it.
I must start this blog off mentioning how thankful I am to my many friends that have taken me to appointments, provided food or gift cards, help with my kids, prayers and concerns the love of all of you is so overwhelming and this time I had some wonderful cards from some 3rd and 5th graders that cheered up my chemo day!!
So yesterday (last Wednesday) was a very eventful day, no issues really for me just a good fun day and we all need those so this post will be lengthy as I share all the fun things that occurred on my chemo day and many were blessing!
My week had started with kids puking every other day leaving me in a panic that I might catch something so my days prior to chemo I had to re - disinfect my house quickly I still don't dare go down to the TV room area.
So I dropped my kids at school like always when I got to reds school I realized I was wearing my house slippers (are you serious and not even my good ones it was my horrible old ones with paint all over) and I need to drop a check in to school so I proceeded in hoping no one would notice and really it was my "chemo brain" I ran home afterwards to pack my chemo bag and get my lidocaine applied to my port area and cover with some fancy saran wrap - before Beth arrived, Carla has a sick household too so we made some changes to my chemo buddy this week. Also as we left I walked outside in those darn paint ugly house shoes again ... Beth looked at me and says are you wearing them? Could you imagine ... I had to change I would of been the talk of the town in Ladue wearing those to my treatments.
Since we were a little early leaving and I don't eat much for the first days after my chemo we planned to do breakfast no I will admit I am NOT a huge Bob Evans fan but Beth loves there however I secretly was hoping she wanted to go there I was craving white gravy with hashbrowns dipped in them ,,strange but my chemo cravings remind me of pregnancy cravings. We sit down and our young waiter brought our drinks and no more than a few minutes later a older couple come in and their seat was right across from her I had my back to her but Beth could see and I soon heard the commotion and we see she was puking... can I not get away from puking people!!! So we moved our seat and explained my situation to the waiter who also sweetly said I didn't look like I was going through chemo. Breakfast was yummy - we wore our FIT-ISH shirts for the occasion because we are work out partners but our biggest downfall is we LOVE FOOD!!!! So my friend April made these adorable shirts for us to wear and remind us why we are only FIT-ISH!!
Bellies were full so it was time to head to Chemo my location is on 141/Clayton/Clarkson area and it was Beth's first time driving Ms. Daisy and Carla had not forewarned her of my antics as a passenger. I was behaving well until I noticed we were in the far lane and there it was the 141 exit... So Beth dashes across all 4 lanes I am holding on for my life and normally my feet would of been up on her dashboard in my panic but she has a fairly new car and so I was scared to do that, I will report we made it over the exit and the rest of the day her driving was up to par :)
Upon arrival at my chemo clinic I see my oncologist first Beth stayed in the waiting room doing work, the pro of going in is you normally get to see a little show of my goods I am not sure Beth was ready for that after her big breakfast. Everything appears to still be shrinking. I will have another scan after my 4th chemo to take a more accurate look.
On to the chemo room.. (aka the party room) I arrive and I am always in the corner .. from my 1st time the nurses must of seen some mischevious ways about me but ...wait they stopped me and said I had to sit in the front section, perhaps I was being punished ... but I think Nurse C, thought no one sits Baby in the corner and wanted to give me a chance in the main aisle. Of course all those Dirty Dancing songs were going through my head and I was hoping Beth wouldn't bust one out during my treatment I had already mentioned that iv poles are there to hold meds and not dance around.
So lets start my treatment - I took off my fancy cling wrap and we don't know if that or the lidocaine made me extremely red so once my port was accessed they didn't do the usual port cover since my adhesive allergy crud seemed to irritated by the saran wrap already. I also like to have my meds administered in the same order each time I feel like a change will have me worrying about anything that comes up - I know my little OCD tendancy coming out there but my nurse accommodated me.
All is in and it is ready for me to work on my chemo chalkboard I always have to have a smart comment about the day to include in it - My nurses always like to see what I am writing and an older couple were seated in the next area from us lets call him John and wife. They were a hoot!! In their 70's they still worked and he was doing well with his treatments. We had a fun time chatting and laughing until he was finished. At one point I asked them what they did and as serious as can be his wife whom was dressed all proper in a jacket and skirt says I am a "porn star" Beth and I could not keep the composure we laughed I am grateful I did not pee myself so I asked him if he sold the videos or what and he said know he owned some lighting fixture company I believe. What a fun couple with GREAT humor we had a ball with them and I think it cheered John up he was going to lay down but enjoyed talking about our kids and sports they played and asked how my treatment was going. I do believe we return on the next day .. next time. I mentioned we would find both of us sitting in the corner that time. After they left my nurse told me she had a new patient coming in that was very nervous so I said oh are you planning to sit them next to me .. she said very fast "NO". As she brought back this new patient whom was probably in her 50's she sat her up from me (not next to me) and said that she could not sit her next to me on her first time despite the fact that I promised Charlene I would be good and that I wouldn't say anything scary.
So when it was time for the red devil shots in to my line I told Charlene that I hoped she had her hair and make up done for our photo shoot today, I had spent endless time on my hair. So we had a fun picture with my board. I am looking a little chunky in this picture .. I had lost 6 lbs my first cycle and gained 6 the next the steroids are part of that. My nurses will say you generally don't lose.
Each blog post I want to leave you with a song that you can check out if you want but it is generally a song that I have listened too and really listened to the words in that week and it has spoken to me in some way - this week it is Mandisa's Overcomer. If you are unfamiliar with the song take a listen to it and REALLY listen to the words!
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