The saga continues

The treatments are now on Wednesdays. Just works better for us. Except for today when Pam awoke with a huge migraine. She has been a regular migraine sufferer for the past 4 years. As hard as it must be to believe, the migraine took all the fun out of getting chemotherapy today. Today was to have been a two drug day. The long day, 9AM to ?. In addition to the migraine, Pam has had some bleeding problems which changed the schedule. A mini conference and a physical exam were added to the agenda and in the end Avastin was eliminated from today's menu. So, protocol for Pam has been broken already. Avastin is important to her treatment and will be reintroduced at the next chemo day, which is in two weeks (Pam gets a week off next week). So today it was just the three pre-chemo bags, one hydration and then taxol. We were out by 1:15PM and home by 1:45PM.


Pam was placed in a private room today, keeping her in the dark to help her head. She curled up and pulled the covers over her head and that was about it. The only exciting part was when her problem blood defied gravity and shot out of her body through the tubes straight up to the bags of meds. I had never witnessed that before. Kind of a curious sight.


Lori W. stopped in as usual to check on Pam. Amy C. came to provide some bedside company and almost missed us due to the unexpectedly brief stay. They were both reassuring visitors nontheless and encouraged Pam on a rather dark day, a day that she really doesn't feel well, following a week of not feeling well. The little energy she had is now gone.


One thing about Pam's hair, which you cannot see in the photo, it hasn't fallen out. If it doesn't fall out, I might be in the doghouse for talking her into cutting it short. She misses her long hair a lot. She is wishing she hadn't cut if off so hastily (what was she thinking?).