Had forgotten what all has to precede getting actual IV chemo. The biological avastin I'd been on for two years (which held me steady but was denied payment by BCBS) required no pre-meds or anti-nausea pills. With carbo, I had a bag of dexamethasone & zofran followed by another anti-nausea bag of emend. Nurse Linda said they each deal with different receptors in the brain to prevent nausea. Think steroids. Was I wired last night!
After driving to OPC this afternoon to get a neulasta shot to boost my white blood cells, will stock up on anti-constipation pills as well as Immodium to be able to counteract whichever way the new chemo affects me.
Good news is that my CA125 only went up 1.5 pts to 207.2 since 3/23. Am hoping carbo will put numbers in a downward spiral and get rid of recent new very small pleural effusion near my left lung.
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