Back to chemo talk. Chemotherapy #8 was spent with friends who are basically family- Kelsey and Lindsay. I remember this chemo day as the day the “pre-meds” hit me extra hard. As I mentioned in my prior posts, before they administer the chemotherapy drugs they infuse your pre-chemo medications (Benadryl, Pepcid, and steroids). I always did intermittent fasting, especially on my chemo days, so the pre-meds always hit me a little extra hard, and made me feel a bit woozy. On chemo day #8 they knocked me out. I actually fell asleep for the first time in the chemo suite. As the 30 minute break between the pre-meds and the chemo came to an end, Kelsey and Lindsay showed up to join me with a coffee. I remember Lindsay said, “dude, if you wanna sleep we will just sit here with you!” I of course have FOMO (fear of missing out) with anything, so I woke my ass up and had the best conversation over our “coffee date”. Again, I could only have two visitors so my husband, Austin, sat in the lobby and worked from his laptop. He came in to get my cold mitts out of the freezer (only put them in the freezer overnight this time) and helped me get them on. The conversation lasted the duration of my infusion and it made the time go by so fast. Chemo #8 DONE.
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