First Chemo Treatment

Casey's first chemo treatment was November 6, 2009.  About a month or more later after being diagnosed with cancer!  Ugh!  But I won't talk about that again!  It took 5-6 hours.  He laid in a bed in a small room that was hot as hell!  And then the nurse offered him a heated blanket!  LOL!  Ummm...no thanks...but can you turn on the AC in this joint!?  I sat in the chair across from his bed and played on Facebook almost the entire time!  That's when I discovered some of the iPhone apps that I have been making crazy pictures with!  It's so fun!  The chemo procedure was practically painless for him...with the exception of the nurse hurting him when inserting the IV into a vein in his hand!  OUCH!  His vein is ROCK hard right now! 

The nurse informed us of what to expect as far as side effects go.  Casey should expect mild nausea, pain in his joints, losing his hair, and fatigue.  The day after his treatment he felt GREAT!  He said he felt better than he had in a very long time...even before he got sick!  That great feeling didn't last very long.  The day after that he started feeling very very tired and nauseous!  A few days after that, the pain in his joints started and he threw up. His side effects come and go but he has felt great for almost a week straight now!