Home at Night

My night nurse just hung my last bag of chemo for this round of treatment. They are letting me go home after I finish this bag-a nice treat instead of staying here to be woken up for blood pressure checks, weights, and labs at 4am. Also, I won't have to wait for the team of doctors to come round on me in the morning and tell me I can go home. If they could find a way to give this regimen in the clinic, I am sure I could tolerate it. My nausea has been well controlled with the pre-meds they have been giving me. Maybe one day they'll figure out a way to do the doses at home or in the clinic. It's that 11pm dose that poses a problem; no way to get it in the clinic.

I had a few visitors to my room this afternoon. It was a nice treat to see Karen and Gail and then Miriam just after they left. This little hospital room gets boring and lonely. I finished all of my reading material today so I am currently watching college football-- Kansas vs. South Florida. I'm watching Holly's team while she is out at Miriam's house having dinner & meeting Alex's sister and Mom. But soon enough, she come for me, and we'll go home.

This round of chemo has gone pretty smoothly. At times, I've had a queasy stomach and some fatigue. But thankfully, no nausea. Actually, the most annoying symptom this time has been hot flashes. They have really picked up in intensity and frequency. Maybe once I get all of this stuff flushed from my system, they will calm down again. It's cold to have rivulets of sweat on my bald, fuzzy head.