Saba Beats Cancer

Actually doing ok sleeping right now.  There is a lot less pain in my bones which actually makes it easier to sleep.  And the drugs are not doing anything to me that bad.  So we started with the Rituxan and the build up the dosage. One of the common side effects is you might get chilled.  Yeah - I got that.  It was like someone through me outside in Chicago with no clothes - I was shaking like crazy - they had to get hot blankets and warm me up. Didn't hurt or anything - just so weird.  Once the body got used to it - they jacked the amount more and we finished up last night. Then they strapped on the other chemicals to my cart.  I have nicknamed the cart Fucker because he really is. Such a pain in the ass. They leave it plugged in the whole 5 days to reduce infection chances which does make sense. So here are all the chems dripping in now. The four horsemen of LIFE!! I went down to coffee and another patient looked at me like I was nuts running ...

Brutal day. Left the house at 9:00 AM and got home at 8:00 PM. Got the PICC port put in so they can just hook up whatever they want in them my body without putting more needles in.  It is awkward but will help.  The line runs deep into the body so I had to have a chest x-ray to make sure they didn't pierce the heart or something. From there it was on to the bone marrow sample - yay - but it really wasn't that horrible.  They got bone and bone marrow to test. Then caught a large golf cart to go way down to another building to get the PET scan - used my ports to inject some good nuclear materials.  Couldn't eat before the scan so I was starving. aching, hurting - and just about had it by this point. Brought a snack bag and devoured it at this point Then off to another building way down the way to get the MRI. Jeez - that's a long day. More blood work tomorrow followed by the spinal tap.  This ain't no sprint - definitely a marathon.