Chemo Resumes

Chemo #2 Day 1

Ma resumed her chemo today. She had the usual stuff. Everything was given through her IV except for the Benadryl pill:

1. Saline IV
2. Benadryl for allergy to the chemo drugs
3. Pepcid for heartburn (side effect of chemo)
4. Decadron for nausea and allergy
5. Taxotere (chemo)
   
6. Cytoxan (chemo)
   

Ma has lost more weight (she's down to 117), so her meds had to be adjusted down, and we had to wait for the pharmacy to deliver the drugs. The Taxotere didn't get started till 11:25 and took 2 hours to infuse. The Cytoxan took maybe 1.5 hours. We were at the cancer center for 7 hours. This session actually took longer than the first one (6 hours).

I forgot to remind Ma to put some Lidocaine cream over her port. It hurt when the nurse inserted the needle.

The infusion center is rather small. It has two private rooms and 6 recliners. Only first-timers get a private room. Ma had to settle for a recliner. The recliners are very close together, maybe 2-2.5' apart. It's a bit cramped.

Ma has a little pus where her catheter enters her buddy. I don't know if I should be worried. Pa says it's starting to clear up.