With the weekend over, we went back to our job of beating cancer. This means a good part of the day was spent at Johns Hopkins. Blood work first followed by 2 hours of hydration. This is supposed to make tomorrow's chemo more tolerable.
Tomorrow Ernie starts Cycle 2. As with Cycle 1, there are three drugs the first week and then two drugs the next two weeks. The harshest drug is only given in week one of the cycle and is more dehydrating than the others. Dehydration causes side effects like nausea and vomiting that you want to avoid.
In the course of reviewing Ernie's blood work, the oncology nurse noted that the salt level in his blood was on the low side. Even though he loves salty foods, Ernie has been obsessively careful about his salt intake due to his scleroderma.
Well, he is in heaven hearing this news about his salt level. He immediately suggested we take in a movie tonight so that he can have the popcorn--something he has been craving since his schleroderma doctor put him on a low salt diet. I guess every cloud does have a silver lining.
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