15: One down, five to go!

 The day started at Queens Medical Center at 5:30 am . Registration was super easy, as I had received a phone call earlier this week and they pre-registered me over the phone. The pre-op is done at the The Heart  Institute on the third floor, then a transporter took me and my family to the Interventional Radiology Suite, in Medical Imaging. My husband and daughter got to stay with me till they were ready to begin. The I.R suite was bigger then the one at my old stomping grounds ARMC, Arrowhead Reginal Medical a Center .  The staff which included the Nurse, Technologist and the Interventional Radiologist Dr. Yamada were all very attentive they made me feel comfortable, I especially liked that music was playing.

The picture above is prior to the the procedure!

After the Portacath was placed, I was taken back to The Heart Institute for  a short stay in post-op. Then I was on my way to Dr. Chong’s office for my first of six treatments. We arrived at Dr. Chong’s office at 9:45 am, shortly thereafter we were taken back, got to speak privately with Doctor, then back the Infusion room. Lynne is the Nurse Oncologist, she was very thorough in explaining what each bag was, and what it’s purpose was. I was ready to get started!

About two hours into this all day procedure I was ready for a nap! I was out!!!!😴😴😴😴 I think it was after four when I awoken from my beauty sleep! I remember every now and then I would feel the I.V. Drugs going in, but I honestly did not feel uncomfortable. When I woke up Nurse Lynne helped me to the restroom (bladder was ready to explode). I was down to my last bag , we were done just before five.

We went back to the hotel, then walked to CPK, California Pizza Kitchen for dinner, I was famished! Right now I feel fine, however I might not be feeling great in three days. It is almost ten p.m. here in Hawaii, I am wide awake due to my long siesta (Spanish for Nap!)

I did ask Nurse Lynne about an estimated hair loss timeframe, her response was 10-14 days after infusion starts!!!!! “………………I have two weeks left with my curly hair that I inherited from my dad side of the family! Yes, the Familia Quezada curly hair WILL Fall Off! #nomorebadhairdays #savingonhairproducts #nomorefrizzyhair #somuchforembracingthecurl #igotthis #IMUA #breascancer

Tomorrow morning we head back to QMC, I have have an appointment with the Genetics counselor, then we need to return to the Oncology department. The Oncology Nurse is going to give me an injection to help with my blood count. We will then just hang out till our flight back to Maui.

WARMEST ALOHA🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Much aloha to all the well wishes on social media😘