You all may remember my griping about the problems my husband had with no meds after his surgery, and so you'll commiserate with us now. We came to the hospital a day early, spending the night in a hotel so we could be there early, taking yet another day off work.
We went to the cancer center, checked in, got vitals checked. Got sent to chemo, asked if his allergies would cause a problem, and they told us "no".
Then they gave him a 2 hr hydrating drip. Then we were sent to get his CT scan, where once again we asked if his IVP dye allergy would be a problem. At this point the tech said "you have an allergy?"
Folks, it was the same s***t all over again. After all that prep (about six hours in the hospital, three of something to drink that tasted like rotten eggs, and a drink that was brown and nasty, they said he should have had some pre-meds because of his allergy, and they would not be able to do the CT scan.
OK, I'll skip the next part. Just add in some deleted explitives.
Came back today, where we discussed the three mess-ups with the patient rep, talked to the doc, who said we would still be able to do the chemo. He just wanted a base line and could get it next week.
Then, three hours later, finally back to chemo, for a 2-1/2 hour saline drip, and a long talk with the pharmacist, and finally, the chemo started. He's on carboplatin and Gemzar today, Gemzar next week, and then a week off. Then five more of those.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I already told them I expected that our insurance company would NOT be billed for yesterday's l-o-n-g visit. And that our doc would talk to the appropriate residents, etc., etc., etc.
The pharmacise said he probably wouldn't have much of a reaction, after the chemo doc said he would.
Oh, well.
At least we found a place with great gelato.
Please let us know if we need to be looking for anything in the next couple of weeks. The doc was pretty pesimistic about his chances of a cure---30% with no chemo, 40% with. And my husband thinks he's going to be in the 70% who get a recurrence. I'm hoping those were just anxiety about the chemo itself. He seems pretty calm right now....snoring away with the drips dripping (in his arms, and from his pouch, since the doc said he should be removing any urine ASAP during the chemo.)
Here's hoping we've done all the scary stuff,
Stephany in Iowa