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I feel not too badly this morning. My morning temperature was 98.2 degrees. I went out for a two-mile walk/jog. I jogged, very slowly, for about two thirds of the distance.
Today I’m scheduled for my second chemo treatment at 9:00 am this morning. I’m wondering if my reaction will be the same, greater or less than my first treatment.
I expect the biggest reaction to be when the hit me with the 50 mg of Benadryl. In the book “The Patient from Hellâ€, he describes the sensation of having a layer of chain mail laid on you. I don’t know if I would use the same analogy, but it does lay you back in your chair. After 50 mg of Benadryl, walking is very slow and very careful.
I took 20 mg of Dexamethasone at midnight last night and another 20 mg this morning.
While I’m sitting for five hours getting my chemo treatment, I’m going to see if I can get my Verizon internet card activated for my laptop. That will give me that ability to surf the net from anywhere in the county. Since I’m going to be sitting there with not much to do, I might as well take advantage of the time. I have also selected a book to take.
Posted by The Vorlon at November 9, 2005 6:35 AMI understand the Verizon internet is well worth the money. I think it is about $60 a month or so. I think they have some pretty wide coverage; however, possibly in hospitals or large buildings etc, you might have a hard time getting a strong connection.
Posted by: Reb Orrell at November 9, 2005 7:32 AMThe local hospital is a hot spot, but they have their internet service locked down. I'm trying to figure out how to contact them to see if they can loosen the intenet access to their patients. Even if they have to change the password every day. If I wind up there again, I want to be prepared.
Posted by: Ted at November 9, 2005 8:01 AM