Got my central line Tuesday so no more needles for a while which is great. Kind of a pain walking around with tubes hanging out of your chest but worth it in the long run. Wednesday was Busulfan test dose day. It's a chemo drug which they give you a little shot of and then monitor your blood for about 7 hours. So a long day in hospital. Today was the first day for another chemo called Fludarabane, which I've had a few times, so no unexpected side effects anticipated. Fortunately I had great company all three days thanks to Reina, Barb and Gail and got to come home overnight also thanks to having these babysitters. Tomorrow I get a dose of both along with 24 hour fluid injection. The hospital has a portable fluid pump so I can still come home overnight. The nurse told me it's like carrying a baby around all the time so should be interesting. All in all things are going well.
A side note, the picture of me with the big bus is from Columbia Icefields in August. I'm standing on a glacier that's thousands of years old. I drank some of the melt water, which I later regretted when the guide told us about finding the bodies of dead mountain climbers further up the adjoining glacier!
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