Chemo Treatment 4 of 8

We’re half way through chemo people. Goodbye Adriamycin and Cyclophoshamide. After tomorrow I will also be done with Ondansetron, which is used to prevent nausea and vomiting. I received a briefing on the next four rounds which consist of two different drugs, Herceptin and Taxol. The first doses will be given a day apart so if I have any reactions to the drugs, they’ll know which drug is the culprit. For the three rounds after that, the drugs will be given together. Herceptin is the drug that I will continue to take every three weeks for a year. The Taxol has a lot of pre-med drugs associated with it, like 20 dexamethasone pills over a two day period! This is a steroid that helps with pain and tissue swelling. Needless to say, I’ll be wired for those two days.

Last night I decided to attend the luminary lighting at the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life. Thank you to Rosie who purchased luminaries for Colleen and me. Steve and I found them appropriately side by side. Also a big thank you to Steve’s Aunt Suzi who came over on a moments notice to babysit Andrew and Sean. It was quite overwhelming to see the hundreds of luminaries lining the track at TD Waterhouse Stadium at UWO. It wasn’t a good to time forget Kleenex! It actually looked like quite a fun event; hopefully we will be able to participate next year.



Thanks again to everyone,
me