The last leg of medical treatment experience - chemo therapy is done. I mean, its begun. Every Friday for next 6 Fridays.
I checked in to the hospital at 10 mins to 9AM, for a day admission in the chemo ward.
Single agent Cispaltin is the chosen chemo for my condition under a local program name called "Safety First".
Well, the procedure was just like a 5 hr IV fluid. 2 hrs of hydration and glucose water. One hour of cisplatin chemo. 2 hours of hydration again.
And a brief break in the middle to sleep under the radiator for the radiation.
The name and the description of the side effects makes it feel like a monstrous treatment. May be it will dawn in after a couple of session. But the first session was pretty joyful. With two very close friends by the side, making merry all along. Very nice attending staff, who figured, this booth has the most amount of fun and hung around whenever they had time.
Coming back home, I did have some uneasy feeling, mostly digestion related. My next morning jogging reduced to walking. Again, not because there is a specific weakness, but more of an unease, which can be ignored with a bit of effort.
I do expect some more level of unease after multiple chemo sessions !!
But, lets live in the present, which is good :)
On the positive side, my left wrist is regaining strength to a level, I could perform 2 Suryanamaskar.
Another 2 days, I should be able to do 12 - 24 of them. And this is complete exercise.
I checked in to the hospital at 10 mins to 9AM, for a day admission in the chemo ward.
Single agent Cispaltin is the chosen chemo for my condition under a local program name called "Safety First".
Well, the procedure was just like a 5 hr IV fluid. 2 hrs of hydration and glucose water. One hour of cisplatin chemo. 2 hours of hydration again.
And a brief break in the middle to sleep under the radiator for the radiation.
The name and the description of the side effects makes it feel like a monstrous treatment. May be it will dawn in after a couple of session. But the first session was pretty joyful. With two very close friends by the side, making merry all along. Very nice attending staff, who figured, this booth has the most amount of fun and hung around whenever they had time.
Coming back home, I did have some uneasy feeling, mostly digestion related. My next morning jogging reduced to walking. Again, not because there is a specific weakness, but more of an unease, which can be ignored with a bit of effort.
I do expect some more level of unease after multiple chemo sessions !!
But, lets live in the present, which is good :)
On the positive side, my left wrist is regaining strength to a level, I could perform 2 Suryanamaskar.
Another 2 days, I should be able to do 12 - 24 of them. And this is complete exercise.
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