I just completed my second round of chemotherapy tonight and I'm not feeling too bad. The only side effects I experienced were a metallic taste in my mouth after chemotherapy and a slight headache earlier today that subsided after I took some Tylenol with codeine. I receive my chemotherapy at 8:00pm everyday due to delays in getting my blood work back from the lab yesterday. My chemotherapy lasts approximately 2 hours and then is followed by the rabbit ATG that runs for 10 hours. The downside to receiving the chemotherapy late is I don't get much sleep at night because I have to flush my bladder frequently to prevent the chemotherapy from crystalizing in my bladder and causing bleeding.
The staff here has been absolutely fantastic in providing quality care. My girlfriend Wendy is also staying in the room with me and has provided great moral support. Wendy departs on 6 March to head back to work in Hawaii. My brother will arrive on 5 March and stay with me until I'm discharged.
4 more days until the transplant!!
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