Treatment day! Day 1

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We are on our way!
29 November 2017:  So here we are! It's treatment day! I told Ryan that he shouldn't trim his beard at all since Dr Meyer told him it would fall out and never grow back. Let's see how far it goes before it... goes. 😜

We, actually, started off the day at the dentist office. He is making Ryan some fluoride soaking trays to help prevent the dental problems that go with head and neck radiation.

After a quick breakfast we rush over to the cancer treatment center... to sit and wait.. and wait... and wait...

This fucking sucks😕
Behind every good man stands a wife.. trying to be nosy..
That's all chemo is really, sitting and waiting. They took his blood to check all the important levels, took him back to the back and hook up the IV, then let the pre-chemo meds drip in. I'm not sure what all is in that cocktail but it had a swimming effect! You could see it as it rolled over him. One minute he was social. The next, he was in desperate need of a nap! Once all that was infused into his blood stream, they started him on a small amount of the Erbitux. Apparently, it causes allergic reactions in some people. Two people reacted poorly while we were there. Ryan had no problems, so they hook up the full dose.Total time there.. 5 hours.
All in all it was a long, boring day. We met some nice people. Chatted up the nurses. Showed off Ryan's awesome socks Taylor got him (Dr Ibach loved them), and came home. The nurse warned us that the steroids that were in  the pre-chemo cocktail might make for a sleepless night tonight. We shall see...
My sleeping beauty

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