My second round of chemo is now behind me. Yesterday was a milder session. I received just one cancer fighting drug as opposed to the cocktail of two drugs the week before. Apparently there wasn't much worry about nausea from yesterday's chemo. The week before I was given anti-nausea medication by IV prior to the two drugs being administered. Yesterday they just gave me a couple pills first.
I'm still feeling the effects of the first round. One of the side effects is lowing my red blood cell count. I've been pretty much in "zombie" mode for the past week, but starting to perk up a little bit. As my body adjusts to the chemo I'll start to handle it better and red blood cells will make a return.
Next week I have "off", no treatments. Then the following week, March 8th, the cycle starts over. Two drugs like my first time followed by just one drug the next week. Before each treatment I have blood drawn so they can check that my red blood count doesn't get too low.