Live, From New York, It's Chemo Six!
Last orders.
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
Jody will actually come back every three weeks through next February to continue with the Herceptin. But Herceptin is "bland" as Donna, our wonderful nurse puts it, "like mozzarella cheese." It's not considered chemotherapy, per se. It's a member of a new class of drugs (this particular one is a monoclonal antibody) that have very targeted MOAs (mechanisms of action): so they only attack the bad cells, and leave the good ones alone.
You don't even have to have labs to get Herceptin. Jody's been getting it all along, but she's also been getting two harsh chemo agents with it.... and today is the last day of those drugs. In other words, today is the last day of the toxic crap that comes with all kinds of side effects.
Woo-hoo!
Here, for posterity, is one of the last bags going in...
....and a special shout-out to Danielle, who came by again today to help send us off...
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
Jody will actually come back every three weeks through next February to continue with the Herceptin. But Herceptin is "bland" as Donna, our wonderful nurse puts it, "like mozzarella cheese." It's not considered chemotherapy, per se. It's a member of a new class of drugs (this particular one is a monoclonal antibody) that have very targeted MOAs (mechanisms of action): so they only attack the bad cells, and leave the good ones alone.
You don't even have to have labs to get Herceptin. Jody's been getting it all along, but she's also been getting two harsh chemo agents with it.... and today is the last day of those drugs. In other words, today is the last day of the toxic crap that comes with all kinds of side effects.
Woo-hoo!
Here, for posterity, is one of the last bags going in...
....and a special shout-out to Danielle, who came by again today to help send us off...
posted by Zachary Knower at 8:30 AM
3 Comments:
Hip-hip Hooray! Hip-hip Horray! Hip-hip Hooray!!! Hallelujah! Praise God! Praise the Universe! Praise the Doctors! Hoo-Ah!!!
Please tell the cats "hello" from Auntie Christine and she'll play with them another time.
Talk to you guys soon!
xo Christine
I will be having Yankee Doodles today in celebration!
Today? You should have them every day, either in celebration, commiseration, or because the sun came up
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