My appointment time for Chemo Nr. 1 was on 4/8/2010 at 10:30 am.
When I was released from the hospital one week before the Doc told me to make an appointment with the Oncologists before that, so I got an appointment at 8 am the same day. Since both places are in the same building no problem, right-wrong!
We sat around until 10 am in the waiting area, watching everybody else called in before me even though I was the very first patient there. So finally I went and asked what was going on...they had forgotten me. When I finally did see the Doc she asked why I was there...well "I was told to come, I was hoping you would know why!"....She had no idea why! So we just kinda sat there, me crying, and her telling me about Chemo...
At 11 am I went up to the Dayclinic to get my "treatment". The nurses at that station are just absolutely wonderful, and helped me ease a bit of my anxiety.
At around 1 pm I was finally hooked up to my first Chemo medicine. Now they hook you up to this bright red, very poisonous looking stuff and say "this will take about 45 minutes, it's best you don't move much so that the needle doesn't accidentally come out.." Ok, no problem, I can sit still for 45 minutes. But then I started feeling faint...."is it normal to feel a bit faint and heavy on the chest" I ask the nurse who in response runs off, and suddenly I have a Dr. and 4 nurses standing over me, putting shots of something in my port, stopping the Chemo IV, hooking machines to me, out of the corner of my eye I see oxygen being brought in. I was told I had an allergic reaction...Can you say PANIC ATTACK!!! It took me a good hour and a little talk with Dr. Wallwiener to get back to "normal".
2 more doses of chemo medicine, some cortisone, and some stomach medicine later I was done! My first Chemo treatment was over at 6:30 pm. My Mom picked M. and I up. From home we walked to the store, got some stuff, ate dinner, watched "Germany's next top model" and I was asleep by 10 pm.
Happy Easter to everyone~H.