Day 1-Chemo

Monday afternoon 1:15- at the cancer clinic.  Been in this building a lot the last few days, but today it’s the 6^th floor, chemo clinic.  My nurse today was Carrie.  She cool.  You are in a room with 3 other people and their support people (spouses, family, friends) getting treatment. June was with me all day. Now I realize that not everyone understands what chemotherapy is--like when my brother asked if I was gonna be in some chamber. haha.  Basically, I sit there in a reclining chair and they stick an iv in me and administer the drugs that way.  It takes about 3 hours and I am on a 21 day cycle.  Every treatment is different.  I go for treatment for days 1-5, then day 8, then day 15.  The rest of the days are spent resting at home.  According to the doctors and the literature my major side effects are going to be hair loss (which June is very upset about haha-cuz I have a conehead and she is a person with eyes. haha) and then fatigue and nausea.  The other side effect they didn’t tell me about was hiccups- mad hiccups- it’s from one of the anti-nausea pills.  So that was day one, nothing really crazy.  All is good.  I passed the time talking to June and listening to this other patient that apparently watched more tv than even I thought was humanly possible.  I read my bible, prayed for some other patients and 4 hours later, went home.  I read through some of the emails and texts from all my friends, family and coworkers- I know many people are worried.  Please don’t be.  Happy thoughts and cherish all that is around you.

This is a verse that has really helped me through this time:

Philippians 4:6-7 

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.