Chemo Therapy

Chemo Therapy...

This drug can be very powerful and it also can be very weak. I have experienced 3 types of chemos that all had different effects.

1. Doxorubicine and Cysplatin (A&P) This chemo therapy is a very strong drug. I have to be in the hospital for 4 days. It makes me seriously nauseous and yes I do throw up. When I go home I don't feel any better. They give me stomach medicine that comes in a pill called Zofran. It helps sometimes but not all the time. I heard that sleeping is the best medicine. Well with this chemo all I do is sleep. My appetite is gone so I don't eat. Mom has to force me to eat something so I can keep up my strength. I dislike this chemo a lot, but is very powerful and I hope it does its job right.

2. Methatrexate. This chemo has a way different effect then the Doxorubicine and Cysplatin. This chemo makes me extremely hungry, but I get mouth sores from it. So I can't eat anything hard. Even eating mashed potatoes and mac n cheese is hard to even eat. With this chemo it will run for about 4 hours, but then I have to wait for my methatrexate level to clear. It has to be down to a .10 before I could leave. Sometimes it takes about 4-5 days. One time it took me a week and a half before I finally cleared. It was a stressful week and a half I tell you.

3. I can't even remember the name of this last, but new chemo I have to start taking. This chemo I think is the best out of the other two chemos. Even though this chemo has to run for 5 days. The time moves up every 4 hours after I get finish with the day worth of chemo. The run the chemo which takes 1 hour then the run the other one which takes 4 hours. Then they take some medicine and run that for 3-4 hours to make sure my bladder don't bleed. This chemo has a tendency to cause the bladder to bleed so they want to stop that from happening. After the medicine is done they just hydrate me until the next day. And then they will start it 4 hours from the time they started it last time. After it all adds up I get out a day early then what I am suppose to be. I got a little nauseous when I left the hospital, but that only lasted for a day.

Thanks for reading!

Chris