Chemotherapy - Day 8

Day 8 -

Prescribed:

• Procarbazine (Matulane) - 100mg (for chemo)
• Vincristine - intravenous (for chemo)
• Doxycycline, 100 mg (for previous infection)
• also Zofran - 8mg  (to prevent nausea)

6:30 AM - While I now have Zofran on hand, I don't want to use more than I need. I'm giving today a test. If procarbazine - the "P" - doesn't cause me to get nauseous, I'm not going to take the Zofran. As such, I only took the prescribed 100 mg of "P," this morning. I'm drinking a lot of water with it.

Today also introduces the need to avoid the tyramine foods. This shouldn't be a major problem, for me. There are many things on the list that I don't like to eat, anyway. The problem is that aged cheese is on the list and I do like to eat a lot of cheddar and Swiss cheese - also, I'm not supposed to eat any beef jerky...

7:45 AM - Breakfast. Here comes the real test for nausea. It's one thing on an empty stomach but, now that I'm eating, we'll see...
At any rate, I'm sticking to the keto diet.

9:30 AM - just got blood drawn for testing the levels before the IV and waiting for the results.

10:15 AM - I just got the results through email! It's really scary that I have access to the results this fast through the internet! Everything looks normal except the BUN - that's a little high. Still waiting for the doctor to approve the "V" as a result of the blood test.

10:45 AM - Doctor meeting... Still waiting for "V" - this time, for the pharmacy to fulfill the prescription.

12:00 PM - Finally heading home. The IV shouldn't have taken so long. Literally, it was a 2 mg dose of the vincristine in 25 g of saline.

The rest of the day was uneventful. No negative reaction to procarbazine or vincristine - yet!