Chemotherapy - what's it good for
As we sit here trying to not be afraid of tomorrow's first day of Joe's chemotherapy for Stage II Lung Cancer I find myself thinking back to the first time 6 years ago when the diagnosis was Stage IV Cancer of the Throat and Neck and two people scared to breathe and totally unprepared. This is a portion of my blog from that day: Let The Games Begin We show up at Ironwood Cancer Center on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 looking like we were planning on moving in. Joe brought his laptop, I had a bag with crosswords puzzles, books, DVD player with movies and an iPod. The room where the treatment was administered is a very large glass walled room with around 40 recliner chairs. Joe got weighed in at around 190 pounds, blood pressure taken and was very good. We picked two chairs on the far side of the room against the windows and sat down to begin our day of chemo. His nurse for the day, Cindy, inserted the IV into the portacath with some saline and Joe immediately broke ou