So the last few weeks have been amazing. I felt great, had a good amount of energy, enjoyed seeing some people here and there (social distancing with masks of course). We celebrated Ben’s birthday, I went to my friend’s bridal shower.. life felt somewhat normal (as normal as it can feel during a pandemic). It’s been really wonderful.
Yesterday I went in for my first immunotherapy infusion. Unfortunately I had a reaction to one of the drugs. I started getting jittery and shivering and really cold and nauseous. It’s apparently not uncommon. But it took me by surprise because I’ve had this med before with no problem. They gave me a medication to help with the shaking, but that made me more nauseous and I ended up getting sick. Not fun.
What I didn’t realize is that they don’t give pre-meds for immunotherapy. When I was doing chemo, I got Benedryl, anti-nausea meds, and a steroid before the chemo, to help with any possible reactions/nausea etc. They don’t typically do the pre-meds if you’re just getting immunotherapy, apparently, but it seems like I need them. So I think in 3 weeks when I go in, they’ll do the pre-meds first and hopefully I won’t have the same problem as yesterday.
Anyway I’m just a little bummed today. It was kind of like a tease the last few weeks – feeling so good. Now I’m back to treatment. But I just keep reminding myself the cancer is GONE, and these treatments are to help make sure it doesn’t come back. Just gotta get this done.
Sally Kicks Cancer 