Slightly apprehensive today as much has been talked about how horrendous chemotherapy can be. I am very fortunate that I have private medical insurance which has enabled me to have my chemo from home. A blessing indeed as the Lloyds Pharmacy Homecare Oncology nurses are a delight.
Two boxes are delivered via courier at 7am sharp. Sam then arrives laden with kit, IV stands, boxes of equipment, a defibrillator and oxygen just in case! It takes about 20 mins to set up. My chemo is a mixture of 2 drugs one administered intravenously on the first Thursday and then orally twice a day for 2 weeks. After that I have a week off for my body to regain some of its immune system and to make sure that it is able to cope with the rigours of chemo.
Sam then sets about prepping me for the canular and the first of the various drips to be administered. The first is a saline solution to make sure the IV is working properly and that there are no adverse reactions to the process. All good! The second is a 40 minute anti nausea drug which is designed to make sure that I am able to have a reasonably comfortable time dealing with the chemo drugs……..the next few days will see if this works or not. Finally I have the chemo drug itself. This is dripped in over an hour and 45 minutes. The whole process takes about 3 hours. Now to find out how my body will react to the process………
A journey along the gotley canal! 