Chemo Starting

I went back to MUSC after the Duke debacle, and asked what was our next best alternative was. We are going to unfortunately have to go the traditional Chomotherapy route. Hard part about this is that my type of cancer is so rare they have little or no information on the success rate of this type of treatment.
This will be starting Monday June 4th.
The Chemo I will be taking is actually multiple medicines. We will start by doing Sandostatin shots again which is once a month injection in the hip (hurts like hell for about 3 days). Then we will be using the same Chemo medicine they have used for 30 years. It is called Streptozocin. It will be given intravenously 5 days a week for 1 out of 4 weeks. Next is Adriamycin, which is given intravenously 1 day a month. Along with these medicines I will get some heavy doses of anti-neusea medicine before the IV drips.
So on day 1 of this, I will have quite the little cocktail of medicine. 1 shot in the butt of Sandostatin, several anti-nausea medicines, an IV drip of Streptozocin, and an IV drip of Adramycin. Also all my regular prescription schedule will continue. That is about a dozen different types of medicines going into the system on that day. I am sure that hilarious results are in the works, sounds like a big powder keg waiting for a spark.
As you can imagine, the stereotypical expected side effects are all included with this treatment. Weight loss, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, low blood counts, kidney damage, lowering of blood sugar, mouth sores, stomach ulcers, heart damage, and of course extreme fatigue.
This is the medicine regimen I have been trying to avoid ever since my diagnosis, 4 years ago. But now it is unavoidable. All the easy (although I had a really hard time with some of them) treatments, have been exhausted and do not work for my situation. I am only left with the brutal treatment.
Another mental blow or milestone along this journey, is the admittance that I need to have access to a wheelchair. I am currently shopping around to try to get a lightweight one that we can just fold up into the trunk of the car. Sometimes the journey inside stores or even at the pharmacy is just unbearable on a bad day. Now that I have the Chemo treatment coming I know that the exhaustion will only get worse. So I have to byte the sour apple and admit I need a wheelchair.
I am considering bumper stickers for it now. I have narrowed it down to a short list.
My front runner is "Signal Broken: Watch for Finger",
close behind that is "My Other Car is an X-Wing Fighter",
I thought this one might be a nice ice breaker "I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look".
I do not think Cindy will go for that one though.
Please send your submissions for possible bumper stickers through the blog post a reply section. Maybe we can have a vote for the best submission and I will post the results.
I have to send a big THANK YOU to Cindy's friends at Blackbaud. They have arranged for a landscaping place to come by and cut the grass all through June, July and August, also for someone to do a one time house cleaning and even got Cindy a massage appointment. So that was a wonderful surprise and will take a huge burden off of her this summer with the lawn. I have been forbidden by her to cut the grass. So it was all on her to do. I really appreciate it!
That's all the updates for now.
I have a ultrasound on my heart along with a ECG and one last appointment on Friday before starting the Chemo treatment Monday June 4th.
God Bless!