I know the word cancer is a loaded word, unless preceeded by the words-" I don't got..." But maybe this will shine a little bit of light on how treatment works - after talking to some of you- I think you may be under the impression that I am in some hyperbaric chamber in a ward at the hospital hooked up to electrodes and a myriad of machines beeping and such. Well- sorry to burst that bubble- I am sitting in a hospital recliner in my sweats and monster baseball cap and typing on my blackberry. I am still well enough to drive myself to chemo but I usually bum rides because I am too cheap to pay for parking. ( Haha- that's right- OCM-operational cost management)
A day in chemo for gil:
1. Arrive at cancer clinic 10:00--today Jay Mark dropped me off
2. I was early so went to see nutritionist and asked a few questions
3. Go to the 6th floor for chemo and check in
4. They tell me what room to go- it's usually 4 patients to a room- but seldomly full- mostly 3 people
5. The nurse then verifies who I am and sticks an IV in on my arm ( I try not to cry like a baby)
6. The menu du jour
- 1 bag of saline hydration-1 hour
- chemo drug A-- 30 mins
- chemo drug B-- 45 mins
- bag 2 of saline hydration--30 mins
- done- go home to rest
During all this- I read or chat with the other patients, nurses and whoever comes as my support person that day. I meet new people each day. Today I met a 71 year old chinese lady with lung cancer that told me that she smoked for 46 years. She then told me to not smoke and asked what kind of soup my mother was making me to drink.
"I’m running back to your promises one more time, Lord that’s all I can hold on to, I gotta say this has taken me by surprise, but nothing surprises you. Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go through Your hands." Kerrie Roberts-from the song No Matter What.
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