my first chemo treatment

Yes.. I cut my hair again, shorter than my short crop. My hair will just get shorter. I went for my first chemo treatment at National Cancer Centre last Friday. Mummy and I got there at 9am to do my blood test. We had to wait an hour for the blood test results. The blood test results will determine if I am physically able to be put on chemo treatment that day. I am placed on the ABVD treatment. What is ABVD? It is a combination of 4 drugs that supposed to kill the cancer cells in my body. Apparently, the drugs are so dumb they kill my good red and white blood cells too. These drugs get into my body and destroy all my cells. My treatment is a 4-hour procedure, which will take place fortnightly. The nurse attached to me was Nurse Kim. Really nice lady. She patiently explained the different procedures of the chemo treatment and how I could handle the after-effects. Nurse Kim gave me two hot packs to place on my veins to soothe the pain away. The after-effects for me was nausea and vomiting. My sense of smell became really sensitive to the point that all the smells I used to love was too overpowering. I am hungry but once I smell food, I feel like puking. As I am updating my blog right now and recalling the experience, I feel sick again.

On a positive note, Khai was with me during the treatment, watching "Wedding Crashers". Comedy does help at times like this. 1 treatment down and 11 more to go.