Rhandom Schittshowe Cancer Journey: 2024-06-14: Chemo + Herceptin Infusion 1
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| Type | Name | Description | Service Provider | Cost | Notes | ||
| General Info | Carboplatin | Chemotherapy infusion | Cross Cancer Institute | $0.00 | |||
| General Info | Dexamethasone | Anti-Nausea | Self | $0.00 | |||
| General Info | Docetaxel | Chemotherapy infusion | Cross Cancer Institute | $0.00 | |||
| General Info | Metoclopramide | Anti-Nausea | Self | $0.00 | Ended up ceasing use of this one. Does not help with nausea (but does spike blood glucose - ugh) | ||
| General Info | Ondansetron | Anti-Nausea | Self | $0.00 | |||
| General Info | Trastuzumab (Herceptin) | Targeted treatment for HER2+ breast cancer | Cross Cancer Institute | $0.00 | |||
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| Type | Name | Description | Service Provider | Cost | Kms | To Date | Total | Notes | ||
| Other | Chemo & Herceptin Infusion #1 | Cross Cancer Institute | $0.00 | 0 | Dept: EDMONTON CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE SYSTEMIC THERAPY UNIT, 11560 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, EDMONTON AB T6G 1Z2 Phone: 780-432-8715 Provider: Cci Systemic B 16 Level 1 Arrive by : 07:45 Length: 345 min | |||||
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| Chemotherapy:\n Approximately 6-hours in the chair, with approximately 4 hours of that receiving infusions.\n Received:\n - Trastuzumab (Herceptin): a type of targeted cancer drug called a monoclonal antibody. Targeted cancer drugs work by 'targeting' those differences that help a cancer cell to survive and grow. It is a treatment for cancers that have large amounts of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Received a \"loading dose\" of Herceptin for 90 minutes, followed by a 90-minute \"observation\" period.\n - Carboplatin: a commonly used, platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent. Wore the McGyvered cold packs for hands and feet. They started me slowly for fifteen minutes in case of reaction, which, thankfully didn't happen.\n - Docetaxel: an antineoplastic agent used in the management of multiple metastatic and non-resectable tumor types. It is a newer agent from the taxane family. Last call for chemotherapy. About 45-minutes of the cucumber sandwich with the crusts cut off of chemotherapy.\n\n All three of these drugs can cause neuropathy Big Facebook Post\n Here it is. A day that I dread more than any other day I can remember. It’s the day that I willingly, under my own power and feeling strong and healthy, walk into the place where they’re going to repeatedly, over the course of months, poison me to ‘almost death’ to save me from a disease that I cannot see or feel in me. Intellectually I know it has to happen. I have to do this. But it’s tough, and so awful. \n I'm sorry if this comes out as dramatic... it's kinda how I'm feeling today. Please read to the end of this post for a request - how you can all help me. \n Brent and I have done everything we can to squeeze out as much fun as we can every day since I was diagnosed. If I just… didn’t go… to the hospital today, I could keep on having all the fun. Well, until I couldn’t and it would be too late. \n So I will walk in today. Willingly. To get poisoned. In the hope and expectation of future fun.\n As I go through this process, my main request of you all is to not check in to see how I’m doing necessarily… I have no problem sharing that, as you've all seen. What I want from you all is to share your good times. Your adventures. Your fun and funny times. Your outdoor times. Beautiful places you've been, and things you've seen. And your humor. \n Sending support and checking in are lovely, and much appreciated. But it also has the unfortunate, and unintended (I hope) consequence of being a constant reminder that I have cancer - sometimes in my happiest moments. What I would truly prefer is that you single me out - tag me in a post, or post on my wall, of something good you’ve experienced, something that has entertained or engaged you. \n Thank you all for your support. ? Questions for Chemo Nurse\n - Staging: Should receive a stage after CD scan results in about one week\n - Strongly recommended against taking the Berberine as it can impact the efficacy of the chemo, and I don't want to do the chemo for nothing. Well, chemo nurse, you're absolutely right about that, so to my dismay, I will halt taking the Berberine for now.\n - Chemo port - she has put in a requisition for me to get one and I should receive a phone call soon about getting it.\n - Senekot safe? Yes.\n - Frequency of testing for mets - ask the oncologist\n - Predict website - survival stats - ask the oncologist
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