New Meds

Melissa said that she was jittery this morning and much of the night resulting in less sleep for Tyler. She also said that Dr. Miranda was awesome today! He wanted to make sure to take care of any reactions right away and was very attentive. She did some premeds to ward off side effects as much as possible. Melissa started at 11:30 and was done at 4:15. She did end up with mild itching and fast heartbeat. She said she is "so blessed and guess what? I have NO nausea right now (9:00 pm) -have had a little on and off but ZERO right this second!! Yay!" Tyler said that the treatment went really well with no real surprises. Doc told him that 40% of people have some kind of reaction to this chemo med. Melissa has been able to get just a little rest at home. She has a headache with some dizziness. The itchiness has not increased (just stayed about the same) which is, apparently a good thing. This drug has a longer half-life so she will not bottom out (blood count) for almost 10 days. Tyler says it will be interesting to see how she feels until then and I am wondering if she will get any days to feel well before she does the next round. Melissa wanted to make sure to let you all know how much she appreciates all of the support and prayers, which she knows are helping all the time.

Melissa has been nervous about the side effects from this drug but also excited to have less nausea and the possibility that her hair could start to grow back since 100% of people on the 1st meds lose their hair, but only 80% lose it on this med. Ever the optimist :)