Before I get to the details, the main news is my PSA went down to 7! Holy crap, I did not expect that...it was 55 when we last checked it.
So today I had treatment later in the day than I usually do. I almost always do a Monday morning, but due to scheduling, I had to have treatment in the afternoon today. Labs at 3:00, meet with oncologist at 3:40, chemo at 4:30. Things were running a bit late as we had a blizzard the day before, and the weather and roads were still bad. No complaints from me, though. Just bring me that warm blanket. Oddly enough, I still enjoy going to the cancer center. Well, I guess enjoy may not be the best word, but I do like the attention and care. Even better when results are good.
One thing - the Benadryl in the pre-chemo drip...wow. I joked with the nurse in the chemo room about how sleepy the Benadryl had made me last time. So she let me know when the Benadryl was going in. A few minutes later I thought, this isn't so bad. And then a few minutes after that it hit me. I nodded in and out for a while, and then finally fell asleep before she even switched me over to the chemo. I got a nice hour and half nap.
One down side to the afternoon treatment - no sack lunch! But they did have peanut butter crackers and cranberry juice. I ate the crackers pronto, I was starving, but I fell asleep before getting to the juice, though. Speaking of eating, I think all the Thanksgiving pumpkin and apple (most pumpkin) pies must have fattened me up a bit. I was down to 157 lbs last time I was in, and today I was back up to 163.
I ended the day leaving the cancer center completely incoherent. Good thing I had my wife pick me up. When I got home around 7:30 p.m. I had a quick dinner and went straight to bed. Out go the lights, zzzzz.
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