neulasta - we're giving it a pass

Dr. Fastenberg says we are going to skip the Neulasta; to this I say:  YAY!  We discussed to which hospital I should go, in the event I need to go to one.  He says to go to Banner Baywood, which is great because both my Pulmonologist and my Cardiologist are there.


You may have noticed that I've edited this post for punctuation and format. I was a little drugged out when I originally typed it during my infusion. :)


Today, I will post a picture of my drug pole with the huge bags of poison that drip into my chest.  Dr. F says we'll do three of these infusions before the next CT.  This one is number two.


I did just take a shot of my pre-meds. They are small bags but lots of them. :)

Here is my bag of taxol.

Please note those happy little words:  Toxic, Dispose of as a Biohazard.  Ai carumba! :D

We left the house at 8:30AM, and returned at 4:30PM.  I am dead tired.  Well, maybe I should just say, I'm tired. ;)

So, off I go to rest up.  Love to all!

Herceptin begins...

Well, it's Donna the oncology nurse this week.  I like her a lot.  Oh man, it's Benadryl coming on-board, and ooolala, I'm all groggy again. 

Anywho, we're doing the Heceptin today.  How exciting; we're going from 3 1/2 hours of chemo to 4 hour and 15 minutes.  I don't even want to something I LIKE for 4 hours straight. :D

Drinking some coffee and my iced water.  We're not a full house here at the moment, but I would say that there are at least 25 folks here.  I ran into a lady whose husband works at Boeing; her name is Darita, and I'm spelling it phonetically, since I didn't ask her for the real spelling.  We were talking about the new insurance co-pays and prescription coverage.

OH, while I was having breakfast, watching CNN, a Veteran's Day commercial ran, and I watched it, and thought.. eh, McDonalds.  Imagine my chagrin when the big BOEING logo appeared at the end.  But, uh, it was a lovely commercial. 

Man, look at all those bags of poison I get! Hazardous materials out the wazoo!

OK, that's it for now... maybe I'll add more later.. and gods know, I'll be here long enough.

Hugs and kisses!