Monday the 7th seemed to be a very long day with a sense of?? anticipation, hesitation, dread, the unknown. Perhaps all of the above. This was the day before Bob's first round of a "new", or rather a different, for Bob, cancer regime for the multiple myeloma.
We had been made aware of the possible side affects of the new drug combined with the two Bob was already receiving. We prepared.....buckets in the vehicles with a towel.......check, purchase the drugs for nausea and shingles.......check, have the insulin and"pokers" ready.......check, snacks for the night, along with lots of liquid.........check, ask our small group, friends and relatives to pray........check. We were ready.
The new drug is given by IV so that requires set up but the actual "receiving" of the drug only takes a couple of minutes. Before this Bob took the anti nausea tablet and received the other meds. What we were concerned about was the dex as it 3x what he was on. This is the cannabolic steroid----makes Bob hyper, diabetic (for a couple of days), and does not allow sleeping.
Thanks to the prayers of so many for the first day of this regime, all was well. Bob did not get sick, he slept for a few hours and the blood sugar never went over 18. We even went to our Tues. night small group and had a very special time with those folks. The biggest step is that Bob went to work today. The day was fine for him--some pain but he took meds at noon and is good. He would really like to be able to work through this if possible so we will see once these 2 weeks are done. Bob's supervisor and the HR person seem to be willing to try and make it happen. Tough call though, as we are looking at about 6 months of this routine.
I have relaxed, and all is good. Bob is calm and all is good.
Our Father God is loving and caring and we are grateful that He has answered prayer.
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