Rocket Dog Molly

Looks like everything is a go to have the treatment done at Missouri Baptist this time – yeah! I talked to Personalcare and all is good. Also talked to the nurse in the chemo treatment unit at Baptist (she was extremely helpful, explanatory and kind – what a blessing!). It is an outpatient setting with recliners etc., you wear your own clothes (no flippin gowns), and they close at 5:00 pm so they actually have an incentive to get you home the same day! The only drawback is we are scheduled to be there at 8:30 – Rube and I both were of the understanding that the day 8 treatment was a shorter one (?just IV chemo), so we are going to have to stay overnight again tonight. At least we know and can leave early enough to actually get dinner when we get there this time. They are telling me it will be about 5 hours for this treatment (this goes in the abdomen also – just a different drug this time). Will have to re-clarify this with the doctor – but I still haven’t received my chemo “schedule” from them yet so maybe Rube and I both misunderstood. Not too sure about this part. At any rate, regardless of the overnight and the longer treatment, I am absolutely thrilled that we can come home afterwards. I am definitely going to see if there is any way to schedule this a little later (9:30 or 10:00 am for at least the next day 8 treatment) so we can go down in the morning instead. Hopefully this is feasible. I don’t know if there is anything that can be done about day one since there are two different infusions but at least that would only be one night a cycle for a hotel. I think I am feeling a little better today – still achy and yucky but not as extreme as the last two days. Of course now it is time for another round. I was hoping if we did this on Fridays that some of the rough days would be over the weekend in order to conserve strength for work days but there is more of a delay than I anticipated. Being a newbie though, how would ya know? Well, I think that is about all I have for now – need to get a shower and start packing things up. I will most likely check in again before the holidays, but if I don’t I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your families and friends.

Talk to you soon!
Lisa

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