My first chemo was Monday. By Wednesday, I needed no nausea meds – which feels pretty triumphant. I had some tired points, but overall it was a rather lovely day.
The cool auto-inject gadget thing yesterday evening (not painful at all) infused a drug that was to encourage white blood cells to come out fighting – and was expected to cause bone pain, but I didn’t notice any.
It was actually a cool little gadget that saved me a trip back to the cancer center, for which I am grateful. It had a proper flashing light, and made a clicking noise (like any good scifi robotic cyborg health gadget should have) before it started infusing the drug (Neulasta) into my system for 45 minutes.
When it was done, you pull up the tape and pull the thing off and toss it – crazy easy. The little needle seems to have been made from nylon, it was very fine and I could flick it, it had plenty of give. The initial sensation of the injection is much like being snapped with an elastic band, but then the second day when the med is actually delivered, that part was nearly painless. I really wondered if it was working but when the dial moved from full to empty and the light went off – it had done its work. Now it lives in my jar of artifacts of this journey. I don’t like the whole thing of filling the landfill with single use disposable items like this, but I am grateful not to make another trip back to the hospital just for a shot.
The pill before bed made me sleep the entire night, which was a weird but sort of wonderful thing.
Our prayers are answered yet again.
God is not unwilling to bless us.
For this I am grateful.
Carmen
PS: And with my Austrian’s help I have a funky new asymmetrical bob hairstyle that I am enjoying. My hair is not taken from me, we are making it an offering.
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