Chemo Treatment #8 - Baseline Complete!

I was looking forward to today since it's been a great two weeks leading up to treatment #8. We are now two-thirds complete and the next two cycles (4 doses) are my insurance (no pun intended to Blue Cross Blue Shield). From what I've gathered this is driven by my clean scan after 2 cycles (dose 4) and the prevailing study data.

Sean showed up before 8am and we were out of the house by 8:15. Traffic cooperated and we were at Dr. Seifter's office before my 9am treatment appointment. I had a quick consultation with Dr. Seifter followed by a review of the PFT results (all good!) and checkout. Dawn and Chris were working in the chemo facility today. 

This chemo treatment had an inauspicious start. The first vein we tried in my right arm didn't cooperate. The second vein seemed to do just fine until midway through the Adriamycin. My elbow started itching and I had a small reaction start with three bumps on the inside of my elbow that looked like mosquito bites. Dr. Seifter prescribe Benadryl and we switched to the left arm. I had dueling IVs for a few minutes and the treatment progressed well after that. Everything cleared up within an hour and we actually finished a little earlier than expected. No other issues.

Sean (aka SeanP) and me

Sean and I enjoyed lunch at a local barbecue joint. I stayed as bland as possible with smoked turkey, kale and apple sauce. It was good and treated me well. And I found a case of Lagunitas Sucks next door at the liquor store. Win win!

Thank you all for your continued support. Have a great weekend, GO RAVENS, and much love.