December 12

One more down. Nothing out of the ordinary. Same ol routine. You'd think they'd spice it up each time, just to provoke interest. Pretend to find another tumour, tell me they ran out of chemo.... anything... keep me on my toes. This is getting boring.

It took about 2 hours and 20 minutes total. I screwed around with my drugs again and took the Maxeran in it's lovely pill format rather than IV. Supposedly I get the anxiety/restlessness from that. Or it could be the steroids. Or just boredom. It's pretty frustrating because I'm on so many drugs, no one knows what is causing what. The lists of possible side effects are endless. Half my anti-nausea drugs could cause nausea. One may say headache is a common side effect and to ignore it. Another would say headache is a sign of overdose and to go to the emergency room immediately. Weird.

The most excitement for this one is an addition to my drug collection. This treatment's special feature is Ativan. This wonderful drug is quite effective in assisting with anxiety and insomnia. It is believed that in my case an increase of the dose of benadryl to accompany any maxeran I may take will alleviate any issue of anxiety. However, I have experienced difficulty sleeping so whats the solution? Drugs!!

The hair that is left on my head is getting longer. It's pretty fun. I'm pretty stupid looking.

I went to Toronto for the weekend. It was really, really nice to get away and pretend some things just weren't really happening.

That's about all that's worth reporting this time around. My next chemo got bumped back 2 days because heaven forbid, we wouldn't want to treat anyone for cancer on a holiday! So December 28 is the official half-way mark. I hope. Won't that be nice.

Five down, seven to go. This is so boring.