Although my C-T scans have shown otherwise, my doctor needed to cross her t's and dot the i's. She requested I go get a bone biopsy to confirm the results of her findings. It was once more a procedure, in order for them to get a sample, they had to sedate me fully, it was the same anesthesiologist who had worked on me the day of my lumpectomy, therefore I was relieved with his previous work and to see a familiar face. It was what felt a quick, I went into a deep sleep and back to awoken into consciousness. Tears come down my face upon my awakening, grateful to be up and alive once more perusal, they put me in a wheelchair since I was unstable to walk and wheeled me into the infusion center which is apart of the oncology department to get my weekly chemotherapy. They sit me onto a sofa incliner, as I settle in, I was still feeling drowsy, going in and out of sleeps. The nurses came to say hello to me, I was assigned one nurse that day who gave me all my meds and chemo. At one point Dr. Jhawer comes in to check-up on me, but all I remember was mumbles and blurred visions. To begin my chemo I had to be given what they called a "cocktail" of meds, they were for prevention; pepto bismol for nausea and benadryl being it was a foreign thing inserted into my body, we had to make sure I wouldn't work up an allergic reaction. When given benadryl, all I remember was 5 minutes of consciousness and back into my deep sleep! the whole day felt loopy we had begun at 9:30 am and finished 6:00 pm. First day of chemo, being its something new, they had to give me a high dosage to familiarize my body with it.one hour of Herceptin and one hour of Toxol.
We had to go in strong with the two different types of chemo, one was to target the breast area (Herceptin) and the other to target any potential spreads in the body which we do not see (Toxol). I will be doing 12 sessions of these two, once every week. Herecptin will keep going up to a year.
When I finally woke up towards the end of my chemo session, I woke up with a bitter taste, eyuk! I tried to drink water to wash the taste out of my mouth, but the water was no good, it tasted like metal. I was miserable! When I went home that week, I was feeling fatigue, nausea, the bitter taste was still there no matter what I ate, blurred vision, a feeling as though I wanted to rip the skin off of my body! I hated this feeling.... :( they were all expected, as I have been told the previous week during chemo talk, but still what was said is nothing compared what is really experienced! but all in all I still keep up my faith in god, I know he will take care of me.
You don't know until you have experienced it yourself, so keep your comments to yourself, because no you don't understand...
