The day started abruptly. We were having breakfast at around 08:00 and I just happened to read my appointment for the day again. For some reason the chemotherapy appointment had been rescheduled for 08:30, when it is usually at 09:30.
We quickly got a cab and managed to make it to the hospital on time at 08:30. On time for what, i’m not really sure. The hospital was still opening at that time. Nobody was ready for me. We arrived before my usual Chemotherapy nurse arrived.
I was taken to the chair and the wait for the drugs began. It was 11am before I started the Chemotherapy treatment!
To make matters worse, the drug which takes the longest to administer (Dacarbazine) had some issues with my vein today. Usually this drug takes 1 hour to completely administer, however this time (and only this time!) my vein really started to hurt. Usually the nurse gives me a heat pack to put over my arm which helps the flow of blood, but today that wasn’t helping either… The solution was to dilute the drug with saline, and slow the IV pump.. The result was that it took 2 hours to administer this single drug! 🙁
I was in the chair for near 6 hours today… Just as well today was the last Chemotherapy session!!!