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The DVD player is a must. With 2 small kids at home, we can never stay awake if we rent movies, so my chemo days are like "dates" with my husband. We bring lunch and watch the movie together. I also bring blank thank you note cards so I can catch up on thanking all of the people who continue to do things for us (like watch the kids during appointments or make us dinner on treatment days). My husband has been to every appointment and is always there to take notes. I also make sure I wear either a button down shirt or a half-zip sweatshirt so the nurse has easy access to my port. As Sandy said above, make the most of the time you are there and before you know it, you will have conquered another treatment and it will be time to go home.
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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