I went over there for what I thought would be a quick injection of Velcade at 11AM.
We left around 2:30PM.
The waiting wasn't that bad, as I'd been anticipating it. Despite working for Disney I've never seen an episode of lost. So I've been conserving the DVDs I've gotten -- four years worth of shows. I watched the full pilot and another episode before I got called in.
That was when the fun began. They didn't have my orders ready, but they did tell me that they needed to draw more blood. "Why?" I asked. "I haven't been given any medication and you ran blood panels two days ago."
Turns out they aren't so good with answering "why" to my satisfaction. Oh well.
The real issue is that it turns out Velcade isn't a shot. It's an intravenous push. The woman tried THREE TIMES to find a vein. By which I mean she pushed in and moved it around and it hurt a lot when she removed it. Then she moved to the other arm, finally found one, and took six vials of blood before the IV push of Velcade. I am supposed to have this done every week for the next three and a half years. I may go insane if they can't find another mode of delivery.
Anyhow, so far, I feel no different, other than both arms are sore and I haven't coughed since I took all those pills! :)
Night falls on Little Rock...tomorrow looks like a day off (I'm sure they want more blood but nobody wrote any orders down for me, so they can go pound sand...they'll be getting blood on Monday anyway).
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ReplyDeleteWe are keeping you and Jill in our thoughts. You are such an inspiration - we are sending our prayers for strength your way. We know you will win this war. This dreadful disease has chosen the wrong person. Please let us know what we can do to help - we absolutely will in any way we can. We love both of you dearly. Take care of yourselves. Love, Julie & Mike