Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Chemo Begins

4/6/10: First Chemo treatment today using Velcade. I get a bag of Aloxi.... for nauesa, a bag of Decadron (a steroid tohelp the Velcade), a push of Velcade and a bag of Saline. I am also on a pill program. Dexamethason: 20mg on Monday. Prochlorper: 10mg every 6 hrs for nausea. (I am not needing this pill so far). Acyclovir: 400mg twice a day to prevent Shingles.
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One cycle of Chemo is about three weeks. During the first two weeks, I go for chemo on Tue, Thurs and Tue, Thurs. Then I have 12 days of rest and start the next cycle on a Tuesday. The first cycle will be 4/6, 4/8. 4/13 and 4/15.

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