We had a bit of a wild ride yesterday at chemo. While infusing the pre-meds for nausea, I got extremely flushed, looked like a lobster apparently. All the way to my ears and down the front of my neck and chest. They stopped the infusion, administered Benadryl and determined I have an allergy to Emend, the med they were infusing. We had to stop all infusions except for some plain fluids and wait for the flushing to go away before we could continue. It took about an hour as I recall. Here are some pics:
The nurse asked me to take my hat off to try to cool my face, as the flush was going away rather slowly, despite the Benadryl:
We finally got the flushing back down to a more normal level for me and began the chemo. Shortly after starting I got nauseous. So they gave me some Pepcid IV and ginger ale and crackers. As soon as that resolved we continued with the chemo. I was of course, wearing fun socks again:
The rest of the Docetaxel went in fine, followed by the Carboplatin with no further complications. However, I did notice I was still really flushed on the way home, much more so on my left side than the right:
The flushing finally went away a couple hours after getting home. I have noticed that I do not have the energy that I had after the first chemo. I am feeling worn out still, a little bit anyway. I came home yesterday and napped for a while, then when Kenn got off work we went to Culver’s for dinner. Today we’ve been running errands but I took a nap part way through. I feel slightly more prepared for the side effects to hit but am also concerned that some new ones may crop up, especially after the difficulties we had with the pre-meds and chemo. I will continue to update as I feel able.
