Spoonfulls

I got up today before my alarm went off again because of the noisy elevators.  I had to be at the hospital at eight o clock so they could start my first dose of chemo.  It is called busulfan and I dont like it.  They gave me a dosage that goes according to my height and weight.  This went in at eight and then they have to check my blood five times to make sure that the dosage is okay.  So first they checked it ten minutes after and then forty five and then an hour, and then two hours and then another two hours.  This made for a long day lying in a hospital bed.  When I arrived at the hospital I struggled to eat half of a pancake.  For lunch I had a few spoonfuls of chicken soup but it wasn't sitting well.  Shortly after that it was sitting well...  ...at the bottom of the garbage can.  I am not sure what brought that on but after that I felt a little better.  I had a little bit of sandwich too.  For supper I had a few bites of Ichiban.  I hate that I am unable to eat, it is one of the worst parts of all this.  I know how important it is to eat but it is so hard when I gag on everything.  I think that everything with the busulfan went ok because at five thirty I was sent back to the apartment.  Tomorrow I will get more busulfan and that will continue daily for the next five days or so.

I spent most of the day in the hospital bed watching Brothers and Sisters on DVD.  Kurt and I also spent a lot of time looking like geeks on our Iphones.  Myself playing Farmstory or Citystory and Kurt was busy playing Coin Frenzy.  At one point the doctor came in, laughed at us, asking if we were texting each other.  I had two naps today and I feel Kurt is bored when I am sleeping, but its nice that the apartment is close so Kurt can go back and eat or something.  In the afternoon the Nurse came and changed the dressing on my CVC.  She explained what she was doing because I am supposed to change it myself soon.  I will attach a picture with the new dressing as you can see more closely what it looks like.  I also met with a physiotherapist today and she checked my strength and stability.  She gave me some exercises and a resistance band.  I will get to those later!  I got a work out walking back to the apartment.  Time for a quiet night in the penthouse suite!
K&S

CVC

Kurts idea of interior design!