2,3,4…chemo days almost done

Time flies fast huh…! Before you realize it, I’m almost done with my chemo, Thank God. The past 3 days have been quite a boring routine for me, you know, got to the hospital at 9AM, done at 11.30AM, went straight home. But I’m grateful that I’ve been able to go through the treatment so far without any difficulties or side-effects which usually haunt every patient undergoing chemotherapy.

Doctor and nurses said the first 4 days would usually be the easy part. However, tomorrow is the real deal. Here’s a sneak preview of what’s going to happen; come in at 8.30AM, do a complete blood test prior to chemo (just in case I need blood transfusion), body weight check (for final adjustment on the drugs volume to be given to me), more oral medicines to take and any other last-minute check ups. 

Roughly about 6 liters of liquid (mostly chemo drugs) will be administered to me tomorrow as the final chemo day. They will monitor very closely on the liquid volume that goes in and out of my body.

It’s going to be a whole-day process and they said that I would feel really tired and weak by the end of the day. Well, let’s bring it on. After all, tomorrow noon my wife n kids will be arriving in Singapore and would go straight to visit me. So, the day they apply great destructive force to my body, just happens to be the same day when my reinforcement of joy and happiness come. Coincidence…??? No way lah!!!

Judging from the oral medicines and pre-medications I’d have to take tomorrow morning, I just know tomorrow is the real heavy stuff. What worries me a bit is they will administer drugs whose side-effects I’ve not come to know yet. The doctor has used them several times of course, it’s just in my repertoire yet. But hey, I guess I’ll pray even harder and hit the bed much earlier tonight so I can have more energy.

Matthew 6:34 (NIV); Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.