Round 9 Day 1 - No Bottle

So after a 6 week break I started Chemo again today - with a few changes.

• No Bottle

This is a big change! I just have one infusion through my port (avastin) and then I'm done. So I'm much less of a toxic hazard this weekend (I think I'm still toxic, just less likely to spring a leak!?). No pin in my chest. Or stickers. Or tubes. Yay!

• Tablets

Tonight I will start taking chemo tablets. The drug is called capecitabine. I've got to take them after food twice a day, for 2 weeks, then have 1 week off.

Lots of drugs!

• Side Effects

New drugs mean new side effects. As usual with any drug, there is a great long list of possible effects that I may or may not experience to varying degrees. Watch this space....

• Outfit Options

Chemo day's code word is Cocktail party! And that means frocks. No bottle means no need for pockets! I love a dress or skirt with a decent pocket but I have plenty of nice ones without pockets.

Wrap-around dress - no pockets but the top leaves lots of room for access to my port. As usual I have flawlessly coordinated footwear.

We had nice weather today, it was good to have the morning free, and we walked to and from the hospital as usual. I was a bit nervous about what condition my port would be in after 6 weeks without use. Ideally they should be flushed every 3 weeks so 6 weeks is pushing it a bit! But it was totally fine. I had a good chat with the nurse. The smell of hospitals is getting really offensive to me.