March 1st

Over the course of the last few days I have been at every spectrum of feeling good to bad not only the feelings but the side effects of both . From high fever to lack of sleep followed by a few pass out episodes I have put myself on bed rest . It is boring but at least I am finally starting to feel better . The part that drives me nutts is that I do not know if I am sick " sick " or if it is Chemo sick or even radiation sickness it even could of been a combo . At any rate I am feeling better . My temp is down , food stays down , and I am able to eat again . I am not a fan of the liquid diet . There is only so much Gaterade and apple juice I can drink .
Karyn drove me up to Seattle Cancer Care on Monday for my chemo shot . We had a good plan going for us this time , Karyn is a good little planner . I had a few hours earlier in the day to myself before the drive up to Seattle . I had a little bite to eat and tried my hardest to nap but the meds would not let me . One of them makes me a little bit wired which is annoying . I need my naps and sometimes they won't let me urg ! So no nappy=poo for me . I end up watching the Disney channel's lunch time movie . Haha I love having a inner kid . As the movie comes to an end sister calls me to tell me she is out front . I turn off everthing grab some water and head out the door .
I get in the car and sister is on the phone with mom . I just sit there silent . Karyn pulls onto the freeway to start our trip up . As I notice that we are getiing closer to the on ramp sister does as sister does , she signels to get in the left lane and I look at her and say ummm Seattle , and this block is a big one to go around . She giggles and says opps auto pilot . I shake my head . She is so silly . I have never met someone who is so organized yet so scattered . I love it . We get up to Seattle and I get all checked in . Sister and I take up camp in a few recliener seats out looking Lake Union I curl up and try to nap sister played vidio games on her phone . They call me in . The nurse starts with reconigion and balance test . We tell her about the weekend sickness . Then came out med pad . Three more meds later and my head spinning it was time to go get the shot .
Karyn and I go to the injection floor and do some more waiting . As we lay there we flip through a few magizines . We discuss dads birthday coming up and what ever shall we do . No conclusions were reached , he's a hard man to get stuff for . They call my name and we go back to maze of rooms with the most comfortable beds in town . I so wished T.G. had beds like that . I find my room and lay on the bed and wait for the nurse . I look at Karyn and ask her to grab a water and maybe a breakfast bar from the patient kitchen . While Karyn is gone the nurse comes in and we get aquainted . I tell her I have a port . She get's a little excited saying how nice they make them for everyone . I tell her how I am slightly nervous about using the port . I explain the whole Pulp Fiction horrorer of it for me . She said she would lainicane the arean 1st and that shoud make it a bit easrier on me . It was so easy , I couldn't believe it . All I felt was a push not a prick . THey have to push slighlty on the port to feel the 3 dots to find the injection spot . Karyn come back from the kitchen with a few bars a bag of apple chips and some tapioca pudding . I am so hungry , but do to certian things not moving I don't feel like eating . The nurse comes back with my shot and a I.V. bag . THe shot is done pretty quickly followed by about 10 min on the I.V. drip . She flushed the line and we are done .
Karyn drives us home traffic isn't to bad and we make it to my house in no time . The Lyon's had made us a cobb salad and some cornbread for our dinner . It was sooo good ! Susan had made to kinds of bread one plain and one with jalopenos and peperchinis . It made life super easy after all the running around to have dinner all ready . Thanks Jeff and Susan !