Today was a tough one at the center. It was crowded and I got into the treatment room about a half hour late and my first of the IV bags a half hour past that. During the initial blood draw after the nurse jabbed the needle into the port in my chest, which by the way I got placed in there one year ago today and no problems with it at all, she put a bandage rather sloppily over the needle and pulled out several clumps of chest hair...
So it was about 1 pm when I got started with the IVs. I left about 15 minutes past 6 pm. I did doze a little during the afternoon, but this treatment sets fatigue upon me right away. I will be in bed by 11 pm tonight, after I take one last anti-nausea med. I feel about a 2 or 2.5 on the 10 point scale, where a 5 would have me next to a bucket to be safe, a 7 would mean it's coming at some time, and 10 would be no matter where I was, bucket or not, it's RAAAALLLF time.
I have muscle spasms along my calves and heels, and the instep of my feet which sometimes leads to a cramp that makes my foot feel like it wants to fold on itself like a switchblade being closed. That will wake a guy out of a deep sleep!