Day Fifty Seven - The Third Chemo, and a different doctor to see

Psalm 25:5-6

Lead me in Your truth and teach me,


For You are the God of my salvation;


For You I wait all the day. 


Remember, O LORD, Your compassion 

   and Your lovingkindnesses,


For they have been everlasting.

I was very nervous this morning about several things.  I had taken my vitamins.  I had to see a different doctor (because mine was on vacation).  I needed to ask about the milk thistle and the raw milk.  Was I making any progress.  Was it bad that I hadn't been feeling terribly run down? Was the chemo working?  So Riley said that he would go with me.  But he went into work first.  I would pick him up just before my appointment at 10:45.  Aside from all the worries, I felt fine.

Things went very smoothly.  They took some blood, and then my vital statistics, and then we waited a bit, as the doctor was a somewhat behind, probably due to the fact that he was seeing another doctors patients.  The doctor, Dr. Spencer Shao,  was Chinese and had a very cherry smile.  This was a good start.  He said that everything looked good, and that it was probably good to take milk thistle, and he was fine with raw milk, and that the rate at which I was losing weight was a good rate, no worries.  All in all, I felt much better after the visit.  Riley could see that I was fine, so he left to go back to work. It was so nice that he came with me when I was nervous.

Up stairs in the infusion center everything went just fine. I had a new nurse, because the past one was due to have a baby any day. The new nurse had no trouble getting the needle into my port. This is always a good thing! I'm not sure what I did to wile the time away, but I had lots of things in my bag that I could do. I also nibbled at the food that I had brought with me and drank the weak iced tea I had. All in all it didn't seemed to take too long, less that two hours, and then I was out of there.

After leaving I had thought I could do something, go somewhere, but then I thought I had better take a nap. So I headed home. I'm sure the reason I probably feel good on chemo day is the steroids they put into me. I sure hope they aren't harming me. If I look it up on the internet I would probably freak out, so I won't do that. I think next time I will just ask Dr. Look about it. I think I can trust his answer. I don't remember what happened the rest of the afternoon. I might have been asked by Heidi to pick up Emily at the day care center. But I don't know.


In the evening I suggested to Riley that we go to Ken's Artisan Pizza, which delighted him. I thought he needed a chance to eat some food he really liked. While there we ordered a caesar salad and an anchovy pizza. I was able to eat the salad without any problem, and I ate one piece of pizza. We had a very pleasant time. They we went home and watched the Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3 to 1. It was a good game, and a good end to a pleasant day.

Psalm 108:4

For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens,


And Your truth reaches to the skies