I really worked myself up for this whole chemo journey. I didn’t know what to expect. Would it hurt? What would it feel like racing through my veins? Was I gonna throw up? Well, I made it through the first day, and it really wasn’t that bad.First of all, I had a great nurse. She was filipino…imagine that! A filipino nurse! She was so gentle. I hate needles and I was sure glad she was careful. I did cry when it went in, but just cuz I THOUGHT it was gonna hurt, not cuz it did. i was already woozy from the drug they gave me earlier to prevent allergic reactions, so when the IV started I was well on my way to happy town.The first “cocktail” was pretty heavy duty. It was administered slowly at first to gauge my tolerance, but still took 3 hours to finish. Aside from the expected burning of the poison going into my veins there was also a weird icy feeling. As the cocktail was going in my body, I could really feel it hitting my brain and it made my body buzz all over. My heart felt like it skipped a couple times which set off the alarm, but I guess it was ok, I’m still here right? The last medication only took an hour. I was there for 4 hours!
I really didn’t feel anything noticeably different that night, or the day after. I was real thirsty, I couldn’t get enough water to quench me, I wasn’t nauseous….I just felt weird. Like I was stoned or something. I just sat around and did sodoku. Then the earthquake…I thought I was gonna get sick from the rolling around…
Well here it is 4 days after my first chemo day and I am starting to notice a few things. Last night my legs were killing me. The pain in my bones kept me up the whole night. Another thing I’ve noticed is I can’t taste anything. I guess this is when things will start getting weird huh? Now I’m also starting to feel a little nausea. Especially when I smell the neighbors cooking. Smells like dog.
One Pink Warrior 