The infusion room

I've been wanting to mention this since my last port flush... Even though I was only in the infusion room for a few minutes what I saw made a big impression on me. It was a busy day there, almost every recliner was occupied. Men and women, I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but it always seemed like it was predominately women when I was receiving chemo... There were probably a dozen people receiving treatment. It was obvious many were very sick. Several of them were bald and wearing those knit caps (like they put on newborns) cancer patients, including me when I was sick, always wear.

Even though most of these folks looked pretty sick they all were wearing cheerful faces. Damn, cancer patients sure are tough. I wish I could have stayed for awhile to speak with some of them. I'd be interesting in hearing their stories.

This is the two year anniversary (a couple of weeks ago really) of me beginning my ABVD treatments. It's kind of weird, the strangest things trigger a flashback to that time. Some of them include the Campbell's Soup jingle, the company (the name escapes me) that sells Halloween costumes and ALL of the darned political commercials. It was a govenatorial electon year when I started treatment and the commercials drove me crazy. So, here's a little list of some things that were true two years ago:

1. I was bald
2. I vomited a LOT
3. I weighed less
4. I had a blood clot in my left leg
5. I couldn't walk more than about 20 feet without assistance
6. I had two or more more medical appointments every week
7. I wasn't driving
8. I was isolated and lonely
9. I was terrified
10. I was taking warfarin
11. I was on extended sick leave from work
12. I took so many medications daily that Brad had to keep track of them on a spreadsheet

Ok, I'm done. All things considered, except for weighing more, things are looking up. 😃