Chemo Week #1

Monday, March 11, 2013
First Chemo Treatment.  She will have these at the Oncologist's office.  It's a large, bright, sunny room in a wonderful Doctor's office where all the office staff, nurses, and Doctors treat you like family and they've known you for years.  But....then there are the chairs and the IV poles.  It all got real this morning for her.  She said when they put the first IV in, it felt like someone punched her in the gut.  Her Chemo drugs are Cytoxin and Adriamycin (the Red Devil).  She arrived at 8:30am and was done at 11:30am.  Other than being mentally exhausted, she felt fine on Monday.  She and Rick had a good day on Monday.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
I got in to Phoenix early this morning.  Rick picked me up and when we got to the house, it was soooo good to see Mary.  She was a bit hyped up from the steroid she is taking.  We got ready to go back to the Oncologist office today for Mary to get her shot of Neulasta which will help boost her white blood cell count.  It was a pretty quick appointment with one of the nurses, and then Mary took me down the hall to show me where she got her Chemo Treatment.  I totally understand why she felt it got real when she was there and felt like someone punched her in the gut.  It is very overwhelming to be in that room.
When we left, Mary was feeling pretty good so we went and did a couple errands and went out to lunch before going back home.  She was doing really good until about 3:30 and then she started feeling pretty tired.  It was an early night to bed for her, but a restless night.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Another good morning.  We just hung out around the house.  3:30 seems to be the the magic time this week.  She started to feel tired and a little nauseous.   She took some nausea medicine and took a short nap.  She felt better when she woke up but still tired.  She is trying to push through the tiredness.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Good morning.  No meds today.  Hoping that means this is the start of her feeling better for the rest of this week and next.  She is a little tired this afternoon.  Trying to make sure she eats every few hours and that seems to help with her nausea.
Well, most of the day was good.  However, at about 6:00 she started getting an aching feeling in her neck and started feeling pretty tired.  Headed to bed early around 7:30 tonight.
Friday, March 15, 2013
She woke up early this morning with her upper body aching pretty bad.  Took an Aleve, Claritin, and anti-nausea med to hopefully get her to feeling better.  
I'm leaving to head back home for a few days, so hoping she will be feeling better while I am gone.  Thankful Rick is so good at taking care of her too!