First chemo treatment
So, I'm sitting here, waiting for my friend to arrive and we'll go off to the hospital. I'm having my first session of Nordic Treatment. This one will only take thirty minutes, as it's the CHOP of R-CHOP. I will have the R at the very end of my treatment. I have no idea how I'm going to react today, so it's fingers crossed. I have an appointment with the hairdresser at the unit straight after the session, which will be interesting. I get a free wig, but I will also buy my own in a few weeks. My own hairdresser is going to come with me for that. After two or three cycles I'm have an autologous stem cell transplant. I'll be in isolation for about a month. Currently I am the only person being treated for mantle cell lymphoma at the hospital I'm attending. When I arrived, a nurse took my temperature. It was too high, so then she had to take bloods and have them taken to the other hospital nearby for analysis. So, what was supposed to be a short visi