At 8:45 am, we presented ourselves at the Infusion Center for my 9 am appointment and was told that my appointment wasn't until 11:15 am! And I thought, "here we go again" ... but I showed the receptionist my appointment schedule and sure enough, it said 9 am.
Thank goodness, they were able to fit me in with wonderful nurse Maria, who needed only one shot to get the needle into the port and I didn't even feel the pinch ... love that woman! While waiting for results of my WBC to come back, the snack cart came around ... you can even get a non-alcoholic martini! Boring old me ... I got the apple juice and Ritz bits cheese crackers.
There was an anxious moment when the lab results came back and my Absolute Neutrophils came back at 0.8 ... the lowest range for normal is 1.5, so we had to wait for clearance from the oncologist's office to give me the infusion. Thank goodness we got it ... I didn't want to have to come back.
My premeds for this were Tylenol and Benadryle ... and I got sleepy ... dozed off a couple of times! Hoping I would be wide awake through this one, but no such luck.
And as promised, I got my Japanese lunch after the infusion. We stopped by the house to pick Sarah up and then we went to Osaka for my bento box. I need protein, so I ordered the sesame chicken, and it was too much to finish ... I'm having it for dinner too. Yum, yum.
Good experience today!
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