Bob65
10-02-2009, 11:29 PM
Hi, Bob here,
I had been on pins and needles since I was diagnosed with WG to get started on chemo. It seem like they spent to long getting me started but now I know why they do the things they do. The first chemo treatment took almost 6 hours, I slept though about an hour and a half and the rest was reading, chit chat with my new chemo buddies and watching the stuff drip. I was given, Cytoxan, Solu-Medrol, Ativan and Zofran. I didn't get nauseated but I got very tired. It's been 4 days since my treatment and I'm still doing pretty good. I had a little nausea last night so I went to bed early. I'm beginning to see a lot of brown spots on my arms and hands. My body has become alien to me with all of the water retention. I will have to ask my DR if I can take water pills. My joints are begining to give me pain again. I had not had very much pain after I started the Prednisone but now its back. It hit my left hip and left thumb yesterday. I don't know what to take for pain, doc said no aspirin with the Cytoxan, I took some Tylenol Arthritis but it didn't touch it. I probably will start getting more side effects in the days and weeks to come but so far so good.:rolleyes:
I had been on pins and needles since I was diagnosed with WG to get started on chemo. It seem like they spent to long getting me started but now I know why they do the things they do. The first chemo treatment took almost 6 hours, I slept though about an hour and a half and the rest was reading, chit chat with my new chemo buddies and watching the stuff drip. I was given, Cytoxan, Solu-Medrol, Ativan and Zofran. I didn't get nauseated but I got very tired. It's been 4 days since my treatment and I'm still doing pretty good. I had a little nausea last night so I went to bed early. I'm beginning to see a lot of brown spots on my arms and hands. My body has become alien to me with all of the water retention. I will have to ask my DR if I can take water pills. My joints are begining to give me pain again. I had not had very much pain after I started the Prednisone but now its back. It hit my left hip and left thumb yesterday. I don't know what to take for pain, doc said no aspirin with the Cytoxan, I took some Tylenol Arthritis but it didn't touch it. I probably will start getting more side effects in the days and weeks to come but so far so good.:rolleyes: