Today was a longer day of treatment. The Rituximab treatment is a mono-clonal antibody that can trigger an immune response similar to an allergic response, so they do it over a slow drip and gradually increase the flow, this was to take between 8 & 10 hours. Fortunately they have a WiFi connection and I have on demand movies and such so the time passed quite quickly. In between movies and around my lunch Tom & Catherine popped in for a few minutes to say hello to the nurses that they have come to know, oh they said hi to me as well, Tom has officially won our competition I concede.
Just after they left I started to feel an itch in the back of my throat and had a chill come on, I called the nurse over and she promplty called the doctor and took my vitals. A couple of hystamine blockers later with a slow down in my IV drip and I was off to the races again and doing so under two very warmed blankets, how luxerious. The rest of the treatment went quickly and I was done in just over 7 hours, feeling a little groggy but fine otherwise.
My chaufer pulled the car up front and dropped my home, thanks again James, guess I should get you a cap.
As I said I am feeling fine and think I am handeling the treatment well. Here's hopin gI am doing so well because those cancer cells are taking the big hits!
I will let you all know how it goes over the next few days as I wrap up my prednisone pills over the weekend and then recover for a couple of weeks. Between here and then I have an MRI for my back and several blood tests to take. I will stay in touch on these as well.
Thanks again for reading and do call, email or comment here if you have any questions.
Don
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