DAY 42 - the second chemo

…back from my second chemo. I am scheduled for 8 cycles, so there are 6 left. That means one fourth is over. That feels great. I really hope I will send the cancer packing! I also underwent EKG, heart sonography and tests of my lungs.

Fortunately, I am feeling way better than I did after the first chemo. I only experience very slight dizziness and that’s it. I have even been able to play my drums, but I try not to strain myself too much. I have just read an article about the chemo regimen that is given to me.  It is called ABVD – an abbreviation of four different chemicals. I will post some specific details. It is a kind of a strange feeling to see an orange liquid flowing into my veins, which I read is the most aggressive one. The others are transparent. They pumped 1.7 liters of it into my blood stream. I heard some patients even get 3 liters. Considering that the volume of blood in the human body is around 5 liters, 3 liters sounds like a lot, but the redundant liquid flows out of the system very quickly, while the effective chemicals are retained within the body.

I guess I haven’t fully realized yet that I am fighting such ugly disease. I don’t know. It’s the power of the mind. Maybe I can’t admit it. But the good thing is (that is helping me a lot) that besides the support from my family and friends, I was assigned a very friendly and nice doctor. The staff at hospital is very kind to everyone. At first, I was a bit scared, I’d expected only gloom and hopelessness, but nothing like that. Everything seems like a regular hospital and even the chemo isn’t a big deal, it’s like patients are in a line, and nurse calling “next”, so to speak.