Velcade

Friday June 7th, I went in for my first velcade treatment.

I felt like I was walking into a Frick and Frack movie. The right hand definitely did not know what the right hand was doing! They knew I was coming, but that was about it. They got just about everything else wrong. The nurses had the wrong medicines qued and the wrong application. 

They had doxil listed list as one of my meds and they had that I was to receive it by injection. Well, I remember when I walked in, I asked the nurse how long I'd be there for the shot. He said I wasn't getting a shot, but an I.V.  So I had a seat and waited....and waited...and waited.  This whole thing was supposed to take approximately 30 minutes, when I finally left, I had been there 2 hours!

After phone calls and protests from me that I was not taking the doxil, Dr. I's nurse came over and got everything straightened out.

The nurse started the I.V. Of course, it wasn't easy. He said my veins were too small. He did get it on the first try though, so that was good. I got an anti nausea medication added to my I.V. - kytril. I sat back in my recliner and watched a little tv and had some Sprite.  Why would they have that kind of a drink for patients? No bottled water, but several types of sodas and coffee.

Mark came with me but he didn't have any coffee. He just watched t.v.

2 hours later we left.