Allergic Reaction...

This past Friday I went for my chemotherapy treatment #38. Since it was late in the afternoon, I believe there was a scheduling issue and they couldn't give me one of the usual drugs I receive once a month to protect my bones, it's called Aredia. Anyway, Aredia is usually a 3 hour treatment and because I've had an allergic reaction in the past while they were administering Aredia, I'm automatically set up for a 4 hour drip instead. Since it was late, they rescheduled the Aredia for Monday @ 9:00. Well...6 1/2 hours later and 2 attempts to get the Aredia in me, they ultimately stopped the drip and called it a day because I kept breaking out in a rash. Apparently they were able to get 3/4 of my treatment finished. Holy cow, it was 3:30 by the time I was walking out of there!! Besides the Aredia and the wonderful rash that it causes me, they also gave me some Decadron steroid that keeps me up all night :( You would think I would be used to all of this by now, but nope. I don't like change much and going in on Monday after just being there Friday, rocked my routine. Oh well, it's all good now. Ultimately, they will probably have to switch the Aredia to an alternate drug (which I forget the name of) because I am the only patient that they can ever recall having a reaction to this particular drug. Lovely. They even had the pharmacist try and research if anyone had ever had a reaction to Aredia and she couldn't find anything!! It figures....LOL!!

John is still recovering from Hernia surgery. He had to officially report back to work today. He did go in this past Saturday, followed up by two days off, so it doesn't really count. This is his first day of an entire workweek, I hope he's able to hang in there and not overdo it! I hope he reaches out and asks for help whenever necessary.

Peace to you all ♥ Love, Genie