The day started off nice with breakfast with Jess at Gold Standard, followed by coffee and reading (Catching Fire) on Penn's campus, and then lunch with Marco at PotBellies.
Then around 12:30 pm labs were drawn (white blood cells are lookin' good... so no shot today to boost them) and Erik and I met with Dr. Nasta, who is so so good and seems very pleased with how treatment is going. Last Sunday I could actually feel that some of my lymph nodes are smaller or even gone, it's so encouraging. And now plans are made for a 2nd PET scan on May 3rd (1/3 of the way through treatment, aka: halfway between the 4th and 5th innings) to see how everything is working and to see if we need to make any adjustments.
Originally my chemo was going to be a little delayed around 3:30 pm, but they were able to squeeze me in around 2:30, right after my appointment with Dr. Nasta finished up. Erik needed to be in a meeting for a short time in between, so Marco came back with me this time. Everything was pretty status quo, except that instead of turning down the IV Ativan (both for anti-anxiety and anti-nausea effects) that they offer each time, I decided to see if it would make any difference... and it did. I was out. I hardly remember waking up, leaving the hospital, riding in a cab (with Erik thankfully), walking upstairs, and going to sleep again. I will say it made everything go more quickly and I'm not nauseous, but feeling that out of it is odd. I'll have to decide which is better each time I think.
No picture from yesterday... since I wasn't even thinking enough to ask. So instead I will show you what on the schedule for this weekend:
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That's right... the Jersey Shore for 2 days of resting a relaxing :) Then back to work on Tuesday.
Thanks for checking in.
Love,
katy
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