Chemo today

Today was the 8th of 12 treatments, and the second of Round 2. The nurse practitioner at VCU Stony Point has found the perfect combination of anti-emetics (puke and nausea fighting meds) so that today was by far the least challenging treatment I've had so far. Of course, it's only 5:30 pm and I have slow drip of 5-FU for the next 2 days, so the treatment isn't over by a long shot. I'm going the optimistic route and thinking I will sleep tonight (as well as one can sleep with a needle in one's chest) and there will be no puking. I'm eating drop biscuits and vanilla pudding as I type and feel decent given what went into me today. It's weird, but I'm starting to get used to this chemo thing. Hopefully this time the tumors will shrink and give me some hope going forward. I'm talking with my oncologist about the cyberknife when I see him in 2 weeks, before the next treatment. It's a different type of treatment involving radiation, but it's an effective non-surgical way to zero in and attack the tumors. The question is whether I'm a candidate for that (and whether insurance will cover it). We shall see soon enough. I'm tired so that's it for this über-interesting post (rolling my eyes).