1st day of my last Hell Week....

Another fun day at the Cleveland Clinic......

Why is it that Doctors are never on-time?????? Seriously, what's the deal?????

I showed up at 7:45 for my 8:00 app't (being the punctual guy I am.) I think I saw the doc around 9:00.

My chemo was supposed to start at 8:15 and I started after 11:00.....grrrrrrrrrrr

It seems that I spend most of my life W-A-I-T-I-N-G - by the way, I am NOT GOOD at waiting.

In addition, I found out today that my grand plan of getting the CT Scans / tests on Jan 12 is flawed. Apparently, the chemo keeps working for 2-3 weeks after my last dose. Therefore, I need to wait 2-3 weeks to get the tests done. ggggrrrrrrrrrrr MORE waiting.

I also found out that if anything shows up on the scans, the will do the full-blown RPLND surgery. OUCH. 5-7 days in the hospital, really scary scar, and a bad "tube to orifice" ratio for a few days. Oh well, I'm staying positive and planning for the worst but hoping for the best.

Best case scenario, the scans will be clear and I will be back in CA the end of Jan / beginning of Feb.

More good news is that I found at least 3 companies that seem to be hiring people like me? We'll see if they still are when all this is done......

Well, my double chemo treatments this week are supposed to be OK. I have all kinds of steroids, anti-nausea drugs, etc at home. Christmas Day and Friday are supposed to be the worst for side effects this week....I guess in the grand scheme of things, missing one Christmas of my life (to save my life) is no big deal.....

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

-Mr. Clean