Day 1 Dose 1

Well I DID IT.  Survived Day 1 and Dose 1.  It has been a good day overall.  I slept well last night and was not overly anxious.  I did have some dreams about it but felt that I slept much better than I did the night before surgery.  

There are a lot of FIRST today.  Overall it is a new infusion center here at the Wallace Cancer Institute a department of Novant Health Rowan.  I still laugh when they say all that.  I mean really, come on just sick with Cancer Institute of Novant Cancer Institute.  So it is my FIRST day of Chemo and it is my nurses FIRST day here at this infusion center.  She has previously been working at Novant Health Presbyterians Infusion Center in Downtown Charlotte for almost 2 years.  She lives locally and transferred here.   So in typical Nick fashion I have given her a hard time today.  I think I have said don't worry it is my first day as well or be patient it is her first day at every chance I could get.  

Overall it has not been bad.  So here was the play by play.  

0910 1000cc Normal Saline

0932 16MG Zofran 

         12MG Decadron

         150MG Emend

1100 today we did the first Chemo Drug 30 Units of Bleomycin 

1120 49 MG Cisplatin 

1230 246MG VP-16 

I can not tell you if it was the Bleo or the Platin that caused the effects today but shortly after the Platin started I got the over production of saliva in my mouth.  I was not nauseated or anything else.  About 15 minutes later I got a hint of a bad taste in my mouth but for the most part that has gotten better.   

Medications were called in and picked up and I will end the day around 3:00 pm with another 500cc of Normal Saline.  Tommy did good today and I can say so far the PICC Line has been worth it.  

The nurses here are great, they are caring and patient and I have enjoyed them.  My Primary Nurse has been Brea and my Back up has been Tina.  

Just shortly before I had to leave they had to call EMS for another patient and I joked with her that if she put me to work today my visit was free.  She laughed.  

So how do I feel.  Well I left there around 2:30pm  And around 3:30pm I started getting heartburn.  So for now I just have horrible heartburn.  I am hoping that this is the worst that will get because I can manage it for the moment.  I will tell them about it in the morning and see if I can take something for it.  I also hope it is not a heart issue acting like heartburn.  I don't want to over play or under play what is going on.  So more to come on all of that.  

But day 1 is down and were onto day 2.  I am going to try to relax the rest of the day.  I have worked my full 8 hours at my regular job and that was intense to me.  So I wanna relax and get ready to do it all over again.  Fingers crossed on the heartburn.  Special thanks to everyone who has called and texted.  Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Full Disclosure I did not proof read this post before I published it.  My patience is gone for the day.