pre-chemo meeting
7th Jan, 2016
Pre Chemo visit with good news and a little bit of skiting.
Today was pre chemo visit so I saw a chemo Dr who wouldn’t commit and say he would be my permanent Dr as they have no full time one until next month.
He asked my personal history etc, explained what chemo was and stuff. Asked did I have any questions but really most of my questions were for the head nurse, the pharmacist and the chemo administration so I didn’t ask much then.
Good news! I don’t have to have the chemo drug the other cancer patients call the Red Devil. Yay! I will be on Docetaxel and Cyclophosphamide. Bad enough I guess but not as bad as it could be.
Next I saw the introductory nurse who explained it a lot more and introduced me to the pharmacist (who said she would have to order in those drugs so no chemo till next week sometime) and met the head reception chemo nurse and I got to see where I would be having chemo and what services they had available. Free tea and coffee and sandwiches during treatment will be an unexpected bonus. No free internet access was a bummer but I have my own modem access and joked to the receptionist we’d have to have a picket line started to get the free wi-fi internet on in this new building lol.
The nurse said I had a good positive attitude to the chemo aspect of my treatment and should do just fine. I said to ask me again after the first chemo cycle as I am never sick hardly a day in my life and it might be rather a shock to me to have to slow down. She said oddly enough a lot of cancer patients are the same, never been sick much at all in their lives and then bang they have breast cancer, very odd.
I was given an order for a blood test before my chemo which the nurse said I could do today or tomorrow. I said I would go and see how busy they were at the General Hospital pathology and if too busy I would get it done in my own neighbouring town.
Skite time - Pathology was empty of patients. I walked in, had the test, needle in first try and I was out in minutes! Woohoo!