As usual when we showed up at the oncology this morning, Shermance lit up the room. The office ladies were in awe at her birthday jewelry (for another post). Shermance had been coveting the receptionist's Opal necklace for months and now she was able to share her bling with them. After been moved right in to check vitals and finish check-in, I was busted for taking a sip of Shermance's 44 oz cherry limeaid. I figured one sip would be Ok, but apparently not. After all it's 44 HUGE ozs. That's almost the equivalent to 4 cans. Oh well, I guess she'll be going to the bathroom a lot during this chemo. The Sonic drink is important though since the cold keeps the chemo away from her mouth so she doesn't have as many side effects. I was also convinced that she needed M&M's for the same reason...I'm getting suspicious that it's just cause she likes them. During the down moment Shermance blew up a rubber glove and we played volleyball in the patient room.
Our doc came in a bit bummed today. Apparently he had to give another patient some bad news already before 9:00am. But Shermance washer normal bubbly self and made the doc laugh. He tolerates us, but is also quite funy in his dry humor. No, he won't go with us to pick out a plastic surgeon, and he can't drink beer during work hours. But he did help Shermance by reducing her steroid for today, telling us to reduce her steroid pills after chemo and increased her perscription sleep med. In our words, he wants to "knock her ass out" so she gets plenty of sleep. And we don't want her sick, though she's starting to think she has the start of a chest cold...uuugh! After a short visit with the doc we were wisked to the "cancer-killing room".
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