Cycle 3, day 1

December 19: This ended up being a long (6 hour) day in treatment. Everything went well, just slow. They took the tumor marker blood draw and one of the markers they were watching was normal. We met with the doctor and talked about some of the side effects of the chemo and other drugs. She thinks the muscle pain is from the chemo and suggested eating foods high in potassium and magnisum or using supplements. She wants me to get another Nuelasta shot on Sunday to keep the white blood cell count up when the chemo is in my body at full strength. A CT scan was also scheduled for Jan. 5th to see if and by how much the tumors are shrinking. Part of what added to the length of the day was one of the nurses started the hydration at half the correct rate. We realized this about 30 - 45 minutes afterward and flagged another nurse to change it. I'm finding that we need to watch everything that's going on and ask a lot of questions.