We went in and met with my oncologist today. It went really well. We aren’t messing around starting the consolidation round, I go into the hospital tomorrow, a day we chose. I have to be there at 8:00 a.m. at admitting and then I’m back on the oncology floor for 4 days, if everything goes well. If it does then I will probably be coming home Tuesday after the last of my four chemo pushes. After that it’s watching for fever, getting my blood drawn at least twice a week to see what my counts are, and taking the ATRA again for 15 days. I’ve been off the ATRA since Wednesday afternoon. A mini break. LOL I start back up tomorrow when I go in. It will be like old home week. When Nancy called to make sure I could go in tomorrow the charge nurse remembered me. We are going to pack up our stuff tonight, including my honey’s air mattress, and head out of here about 7:00. I had to have blood drawn today, even though I had it drawn yesterday, so that it would be within a certain time frame for my going in tomorrow. The cool thing is that my oncologist is the oncologist covering the hospital starting tomorrow, so he will be there when I am. It’s one of the reasons we decided to go ahead and start this so soon. Another reason was that we wanted to start on the weekend so Karen wouldn’t have to worry about working for a couple of days. Makes it easier on her, which is a good thing. :-)
So folks… round two… here we go…
Wise decision. Hopefully this will be easier than the earlier round not only because it isn’t as intense but things ARE working and going in the right direction.
Also you will be missing the hot weather over the weekend. Be sure to get an early start as there are activities in Portland which are going to make traffic yucky.
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed that all goes well.
Thinking of you Tam ~ sending you my love and “kick-this-things-ass” energy.