Fun with FOLFIRINOX

Just a quick status here as I am somewhat out of it — bullets are easier for me when my brain is tired:

  • The on-site infusions wrapped up today around 3pm, and they then got me attached to a pump, which is slowly administering another chemo drug to me over the next few days.
  • I have the pump in a fanny pack strapped around my waist — the pinnacle of style!
  • I am doing the FOLFIRINOX chemo regimen via the Janus clinical trial.
  • The chemo drugs are delivered via sequential infusions; all via my port that was installed a few weeks ago.
  • I’ll write more about the first two injections in a future post.
  • Current side effects are not bad. No serious nausea (yet). Main thing I’ve noticed is jitters and an unpleasant “amped” feeling, which I believe is due to the steroids that were part of the “pre-chemo cocktail” I received today. The purpose of this cocktail is to stave off the side effects.

I’ll be off work again tomorrow as I understand that side effects can get more pronounced on the day after the infusion day.

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