And so it begins...

I was diagnosed with Liposarcoma. It is a very rare cancer that affects only 1% of the adult population. Luckily it was caught very early and after two surgeries and a very healty PET/CT scan later, the tumor was completely removed. Now I have to go through six rounds of preventative chemo and then 6-8 weeks of preventative radiation. They said that I am a very good candidate for the chemo beause I am so young and other than this, very healthy. And these meds are known to work on this type of cancer. But hopefully I will heal faster in between treatments and I will be able to get them every 21 days instead of every 30 which will cut the treatment from 6 months to only 4. Either way, it is still less than a pregnancy!

I checked in today for my first round of chemo. I got here at 11am. They are going to keep me in the hospital for the first week. I made sure to bring a box of Girl Scout Cookies for the nurses. It has made so much of a difference! The nurses are nicer and they hang around to chat about anything and everything. I was so not prepared for today. The doctor only told me that it would be a five day treatment and explained some of the possible side effects. I am down to only a four day treatment instead of a five day treatment. Yay! But they did not tell me that this med can kill part of the heart, didn't expect that. I also didn't expect to be on a 24 hour drip. They said this can change on my next round, but as of now for the next four days I will get this stuff pumped in non-stop. Was absolutely not expecting that. They did not get my port accessed until a few hours later and I was very nervous about that. They gave me a quick educational spill on the port and all was good to go. I made them show me that the port was accessed just to make sure, because my neighbor was not so lucky with hers. The chemo did not come until around 6pm. I was so nervous and anxious to start. My family was here for the start which was nice. The pre-meds went first, then a bag of red chemo and now the 24 hour chemo. I cried when they started talking about what could happen. My daughter lost it and had to step out. I cant believe it is already 10pm. This day has gone by so slow, but fast at the same time. Luckily, I have not had any syptoms yet. I ate a whole tray of food and I could probably eat some more! Getting tired now, maybe I can actually get some sleep tonight...