I'll add some pictures once we get settled again.  We're on our way through Renton to get new tires on the motorhome.  Fun at commute time of the morning but he's doing a great job.

January 9, 2012
We left home in plenty of time to get to Issaquah to the Swedish Cancer Institute for my 2nd of 4 treatments.  Things went as they did the first time except it was hard for them to find a good vein.  Which has happened a lot all my life.  They drew blood again to check my WBC, white blood count, and left the IV in for the treatment.  Taking so much time with the IV, delayed things a bit as I still had to talk to the doctor, have my lungs checked and have my questions answered.  She wanted to know what side effects I had and how I handled them.

About 10:15am I was given a Pepcid and a Benedril just in case I have any stomach problems and allergy problems.

Then immediately (11:35 came the saline solution for a few minutes.

10:47am the anti-nausea medication was started in the IV.  They're called Emend and at 11:02 the Aloxi was started, for nausea.  And more saline to flush out the tube at 11:35am.

12:15pm taxotere was begun.  This is the first of two chemo drugs.

Side effects:  Pain or swelling at injection site, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive tearing, fatigue, dizziness, constipation, loss of appetite, hair loss and nail changes.

1:20pm more saline flushing of the tube.

1:30pm the second chemo drug was started.  This one is carboplatin.

After another flushing we were done about 2:30pm

Side effects:  stomach pain, body aches, diarrhea, constipation, weakness, nausea and vomiting.  Temporary hair loss.

Things went well and we went home..............