Got second Avastin treament 9/10/09 at Weinberg. Nurse Terri Buzby put in lines in both lumens of my port just in case I might also need magnesium or potassium. Good thing as I was low on both and had 40 millequivalents of potassium (10meQ/hour) and 4 grams of magnesium (2gms/hour) so the bag of both took 4 hours by IV. Meanwhile I got the hour-long Avastin in the other lumen. Avastin was done at 12:54 pm but didn't finish mag/potass bag until 4:04 p.m. Have blood work scheduled for Sept 21 in afternoon with next Avastin treament on Oct. 1. The further I get from my previous Taxol treatments the less I feel of its cumulative side effects: edema in my ankles and feet and achy legs. Knees are still stiff after I've been sitting a while but that could just be old age. But I'm still getting older so that's a plus not a negative in my book.
Speaking of books, my neighbor accidentally cut my cable line while digging in his front yard. Because of the Labor Day holiday when no one works, I was off the grid--no phone (except cell), TV or internet--for two days. How quiet it was in the house. I read a lot of books and my newspapers.
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