October 20 - Day 9
For five days, Monday through Friday, days 4 to 8, I had two different medications for chemo.
The first is called Mitoxantrone (pictured below), and is given by injection over a few minutes. It's dark blue, to complement the red Daunorubicin I got in the first induction. I believe the two drugs are in the same family. All I need now is something green to get on the RGB charts!
The second drug is called Etoposide (pictured here) and is given as an IV drip over an hour or so.
I have also been on an IV antibiotic four times a day, which ended Thursday night (actually 4 am). Stopping this makes sleeping easier of course, though that's never great in the hospital.
The next two days (Saturday and Sunday, days 9 and 10), I'll be getting a different chemo drug, called Cytarabine. I got the same drug in the first induction, but this time it's given differently. More on that later.
Your ability to teach us medicine is amazing. Are you considering a new career? And, your sense of humour is still there.
ReplyDeleteSeems that this session is almost over and, hopefully, things have improved this time. Hang in there.
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