Uniboober chemo begins and Rudolph is born

- May 21, 2019

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Today the chemotherapy treatment began.

The selections on offer included Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide which were injected into my body through my portacatch which I've affectionately named Rudolph.

If you look closely, you'll see the post treatment photo where the needle site looks like his red nose, there appears to be two eyes above the nose, and the stitches up further look like wiry antlers. And so Rudolph was born.

I've named my portacath Rudolph - see the resemblance?

Rudolph worked like a charm and the insertion of 3/4 inch needle into the portacath was virtually painless. Over the space of two hours, I received the above long-winded cancer drugs through IV drip connected to Rudolph which flowed into into my large central vein. It was painless and I didn't feel any physical affects from the drugs, except for a little smidge of anxiety.

I had taken 1.5 tablets of Lorazepam earlier so I was feeling pretty chilled (might be why I look a little zoned out).

My local breast care nurse, Cathy, arrived just as my treatment was about to commence. It was the first time we had met in person, despite having spoken and emailed numerous times since my diagnosis. Cathy was a great distraction for me and God bless her cotton socks, she even tried a silly dance to take my mind off the needle and overall procedure.

As always, my beloved was by my side, flashed his beautiful smile and held my hand when I needed comfort.

VIDEO: Head over to The Uniboober Facebook page to watch my post-treatment video (1 min).

Since returning home following the chemo, I've felt lethargic and have already felt the side affects of nausea. The steroids and nausea medication should help me but I'm prepared for the worst (hopefully not apt to spewing while I'm out in public though!).