Before my treatment, I met with my oncologist and he went over the results of my scan last week. Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma stage IIa. He said I'm technically a IIIa because of a small mass in my abdomen, but he isn't sure exactly (?!) and it doesn't effect my recommended course of treatment. My oncologist is great, he really is...he just... seems like he is more interested in talking about good food/wine rather than my cancer. It doesn't really bug me because he does answer my questions when I have them, He's odd.
I LOVE MY PORT! I had some issues with the surgical tape they used after the procedure and I am still pretty red and itchy around my neck and chest, so I was afraid they would say that I was unable to use it for the bloodwork/chemo...but they said the port itself looks "beautiful" and had no issues accessing it. I was so happy and so were the infusion nurses!
Chemo wasn't all that bad as far as being scary like I had pictured it in my head...once all the preliminary stuff was taken care of, I was actually surprised how quickly the infusion went. The bleomycin made me feel a little shaky, but it wasn't too bad as I was pretty much in naptime land from the benaydrl(sp) I was given before the infusion started. I left hospital feeling fine! Unfortunately for me that changed pretty quickly and have had "issues" since. I took a nap last night and woke up having to throw up but I quickly took a Compazine and I felt okay shortly thereafter. I have also went to the bathroom at least 7 times in the last 24 hours with "the runs"....never got the infamous red pee from the adriamycin I'm super tired and even typing this I struggle to keep my eyes open. I have ZERO desire to eat, but think I'm going to be forced to eat a little something after awhile.
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Cheese :D
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