Chemo # 2

Hi Juli, I am really glad it all went well. I found the second chemo was the most scary: I had real trouble getting myself there because my body knew what I was about to put it through. 

My oncology nurses said that they worry that people don't ask the questions because they don't want to be a nuisance, but they really would rather be rung about silly stuff than have us getting stressed.

You didn't mis-lead me, I just misunderstood your post. I had a real stress-out one Sunday night before my Monday morning chemo, when I discovered at 9.30 bedtime that  I did not have my Sunday night Dex pill.

I rang the oncology nurse. The oncology nurse rang my oncologist.  My oncologist said that if I could get to the hospital they would give me the pills to get me through. My husband said he didn't want to drive me the hour's drive to the hospital coz he had a 6am start the next morning, and I could not contact my daughter and I felt too sick to drive myself.

I got really upset but finally got hold of my daughter, arrived home about midnight with enough Dex pills for Sunday night and Monday morning. But I was scared stiff what would happen if they gave me my chemo without me having had the Dex to reduce the chance of bad allergic response. So that's why I answered you as I did.

Sorry, you are a lot more on top of it all than I was at that point: well done

best wishes