Chemo - Day 2

Today Donna is doing her second round of chemo.

So far, she has felt pretty well, tho she still doesn't have a voice. Sometimes people get quite sick after the first treatment... They say that it takes some people a couple days to feel sick, and some people don't feel that bad at all...

I am lucky to have a registered nurse for a wife, so I get to ask all the questions and she gets to answer them for me. So... here are the questions I had... Maybe you have them too:

Will she lose her hair? Probably... some people don't but most people do... We'll wait and see.

How do they give her the chemo? They sit her down in a comfy lazy boy recliner, put an IV in her hand, and then start giving her saline... After a bit, they put in the first type of chemo medicine, and then they put in the second one, and then they put in more saline to kinda flush the lines out and make sure it all gets in. This process takes a total of about an hour and a half. Seems like so far, the hardest part for Donna is sitting still... :-)

How long does the chemo last in her body? It has a half life of 5 days. So... if they give her 100 units, then 5 days later there are 50 units... 10 days later there are 25. At 25 days there are only about 3 of the original 100 units... That's when the next round starts, jumping it back up to around 100.

Any other questions or comments? Just post them and I will get them answered.