Thursday Update

Sorry it's been a while since I updated. I met with the doctor Tuesday along with a chemotherapy pharmacist to try to figure out why I got so sick so quickly during my treatment Monday. Basically, they think I have 'anticipatory nausea.' What this means is that my brain is anticipating a reaction and then I have one. The way they treat it is to give me IV Xanex and a very small amount of steroids just before the treatment, and supposedly that will calm down my head. It is, of course, possible I could get sick anyway (I do have a genetic issue with one of the drugs after all), and if that is the case, they won't treat me with that particular drug any more. So we will see. I go back on the 21st.