Chemo Day 1...Let's Get it On!!

Well, as you can see I am all hooked up and rolling getting my chemotherapy started with my Placitaxel and Ifosfomide.

Today was a beautiful spring day in NYC. We were required to be at Admissions by 1130a, we got there a half hour early but were not admitted into the hospital til 3pm. It gave Jamie and I an opportunity to have lunch in the cafeteria. When we returned there were other couples waiting. We met another patient of Dr. Feldman's, Nick Pestritto and his family Denise and Melissa. It was really nice to relate to another person who has gone thru the exact same treatment which I will be receiving. Nick is the last patient in the Phase II of the clinical trial and if all goes well with him I will be the first patient admitted into the Clinical trial in Stage III, if not I will receive the same dosages which Nick is currently receiving. He has just started the high dosage (Part B) of the treatment. They too are staying at the Hope Lodge one floor up from us and I will likely want to ask him how things are going with him.

The accommodations here at the hospital are very nice and a step up from Fox Chase in Philly. The rooms have hardwood floors and all. They also have a really good menu to eat from. Here how does this sound for dinner: Mozzarella Sticks, Caesar Salad, Spaghetti w/ Meat sauce, Chocolate Chip Cookies with Milk. Its more like Applebee's than a hospital. I may leave here having gained and not losing weight. Jamie cut out of here in daylight to head back to Hope Lodge for the night. I am watching the Yanks and Red Sox on the YES network 2-1 Yanks in the 6th. I am seeing way TOO much New York baseball. Don't worry, I'm representing w/ my KC Royals hat on. That's all for day Numero Uno. I will be in the hospital tomorrow and released to go back to the Hope Lodge on Sunday, provided all goes as planned.