There’s an interesting one year anniversary. When I said to Brigid yesterday "Tomorrow’s a one year anniversary" she couldn’t think of what it was.
So a year ago today I went over to Phelps Memorial Hospital for a Muga scan (a type of heart scan) to get the OK for the chemo, and then went to the Sloan Kettering facility next to Phelps for the first of four doses of R-CHOP. The nursing team in the chemo unit administered the pre-meds and chemo a little slower then they would normally since it was the first dose, and they needed to look out for adverse reactions. So it took about four hours in total – and there were no adverse reactions.
It’s hard to believe the five months of chemotherapy began one year ago. Now, a year later, I am in complete remission, weigh a few pounds less than I did (a good side benefit!), am a little wiser than I was, and am very grateful that my family has "weathered the storm" very well.
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