After whiling away the weekend, it is time to get ready for chemo tomorrow. We must arrive by 8, although we are told that the chemo itself will probably not start until 9. The doctor said to allow 8 hours for the first session. Since you are tied to your pod during the chemo, you must bring food, drink and entertainment to last all day. Ernie will be armed with his new Kindle plus his ipod, cell phone (336-407-3800 if you'd like to call) and cribbage board.
This morming we will visit the hospital pharmacy to pick up anti-nausea medication. He will start taking this tonight at 11 PM sharp (doctor said to set the alarm if necessary) and prior to treatment in the morning. After treatment and for three more days he will take two different anti-nausea drugs. He will then be drug free--and hopefully nasuea free--on Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, we start over again. Provided tomorrow goes well and he tolerates the clinical trial drugs, this will continue for a total of 9 weeks.
We are both very nervous about tomorrow. The doctor stressed that they will administer the drugs very, very slowly and will be standing by if he is one of the people who have a severe reaction to the drug. Since we have waited an extra two weeks to start treatment to be part of this trial, we would hate to have to leave. But, whatever will be, will be. We are learning that it is less stressful not to worry about things you can't control.
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