Chemotherapy - 1

It is the morning after.  I slept fitfully the night before and was ill-prepared for this session.

I reported to the hospital's Day Care to have my vital signs recorded.  Then I was led to a couch nearby where the treatment began.  FEC with two bags of saline to dilute the medication.  That's a total of five bags to be dripped intravenously into the veins of my right hand.

They started off with the first saline solution, switching back and forth between the saline and the chemo bags (FEC).  The first two chemo medication was clear while the third was a strong peach.  By the time the second bottle was half way in my body, I could feel small pricks going up my head.

It hit me suddenly without warning.  -  Grogginess first,  and then my sensation turned sluggish.  I laid back on the couch.  This strange feeling continued until the end.

Two hours later, I was ready to go home.  The grogginess is still there.  On top of that, I could feel my eyelid puffing up.

The nausea was unavoidable and my appetite was gone.