My particular treatment begins with 4 biweekly treatments of two drugs: adriamycin and cytoxan.
Day 1: My sister accompanied me to the infusion room for my first treatment. We were there for about three hours. Most of the time was taken up by first giving me a steroid and then anti nausea meds. The adriamycin took about ten minutes, then the cytoxan dripped for about an hour. I actually felt totally normal while I was taking all this into my system! Around 4:00 that afternoon I was starting to feel wiped out and a bit nauseous, but I wasn't sure if that was just because everyone had been warning me constantly about how queasy I might get.
Day 2: I woke up feeling more in a fog, only a tad queasy, and pretty tired. Fortunately my in laws have been in town and have been a huge help in taking care of my seven-month old daughter, because I was feeling winded picking her up.
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