Getting some chemo

I'm sitting here on COHA Columbia getting my chemo started. My first drip was IV Lorazepam (Ativan) and benadryl. Holly's neurotic old cat Spooky was on Lorazepam, which I find humorous. It makes you sleepy and generally affects your mood. It also has antiemetic properties. It will probably take my mind off of what's going on and eventually make me go to sleep, which is great.

Also I remembered a word which was obviously escaping me in the last post: barber.

My fancy little netbook (thanks guys for chipping in and buying me a new toy!) has a webcam where I have taken a picture right before the drips started.


I still look pretty happy there! I am definitely getting loopy fast though. Feels like the world is slowing down a bit around me. Like if I look around quickly it seems like my visual sense can't quite keep up, there's a sort of 3 dimensional echo, like my eyes aren't communicating at the proper rate to my brain. Hopefully the treatment goes well. I'm still just getting all the drugs to get me ready for the "real ones" at the moment.

I like all of the nurses that I have encountered so far. They are all very good. I'm pleased with my overall care as well. I know my mom thinks I'm getting terrible care for whatever reason, but it's not true. Dr. Somerville was a good surgeon. I didn't have any surgical related mishaps on either side. He has different priorities though and I can respect that. He cuts people. Blood is for someone else. Dr. Kasamon has been extremely excellent. All of my appointments with him last twice as long as they are supposed to and throw off all of his schedules. He'll talk with me as long as I like about all the various factors going into his decisions and my health. Often when one has a repeating doctor visit you sort of begin to dread it because it's the same questions every time and it takes 5 minutes and you just wasted half your day for the appointment. I certainly come out with a substantial plate of knowledge to chew on generally from him.