Day one was not very eventful. Thank goodness.
Gemzar and cisplatin. I had cisplatin two years ago during induction chemo before my first radiation treatment so I know a bit of what to expect in terms of side effects. The Gemzar is new to me.
I didn't know how many cycles my medical oncologist had planned until today when I bumped into her at the infusion center before the start of chemo infusion. She said to plan for four cycles.
One cycle is one month. I get chemo weeks 1, 2, and 3. Week 4 is a rest week. Weeks 1 and 2, I get gemzar and cisplatin. Week 3, only gemzar.
The gemzar infusion takes only 30 minutes IF it doesn't burn your vein in your arm when it goes in. Of course, for me, it burned like heck so my nurse slowed down the infusion. That helped a bit.
The cisplatin infusion takes 3+ hours and requires that I keep going to the bathroom to empty my bladder.
Joy.
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For some reason I'm imagining your bathroom trips somewhat like the "Evacuation Complete" scene from the first Austin Powers movie. It's a much more pleasant way to cope after reading about how a drug burns your veins when it goes in...
Hang in there, old friend.
Fei
I've been thinking about you a lot lately and hoping you are doing well. Hopefully this time you will kick NPC's a**!
Mr. Chang
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