I had my second treatment yesterday and it didn't go quite as smoothly as the first. I started out getting blood drawn and they needed the results from the lab before they proceeded with any treatment. They said it would take 10-15 minutes to get results, but took almost an hour. All the results were good, everything in the normal range. Then they started in with the pre-meds, then the chemo. They decided to give me the infusion to help strengthen my bones, and help with bone lesions next. That took 2 hours! Then we finished up with more fluids for about 10 minutes. So we got started around 9:00 a.m. and didn't get finished until almost 1:30 p.m. Not that it was hard work or anything, I even took a couple of naps during the treatment, but I was wiped out afterwards. I went in to work for about 3 hours and didn't get much accomplished. I just felt sort of fuzzy and out of it. After I got home I took about a 45 minute nap and felt totally fine, almost like a normal person. I don't know if it was all the stuff they put in me, the sitting around for 4 hours, or a combination of the two that wiped me out, but I feel good today.
Next week I have treatments Tuesday and Friday again. They should just be the normal stuff, about 4o minutes in the chair, so hopefully I won't be so out of it afterwards!