A day in the life of chemotherapy, Steve is doing six 3-week cycles of chemotherapy. Unfortunately due to low white blood cell count last week, the 2nd cycle was pushed back a week to start today. Steve's day started at 7am with labs and blood draw. Then on to oncology medical doctor appointment, and then at 10am Steve is started on 2 treatments through his port line that last until 5pm. That's 10 hours of medical poking, literally, with the last 7hrs stuck in a chair. W

I used to think i was tough.....then came chemo. Man does it suck! Day 5 and 6 after my first treatment were bad, but day 7....that was a new kind of misery. Crazy pains, puking, and just feeling like you've been beat with a bat kind of misery. And then it was gone and I felt pretty damn good for the few hours I had left before my second infusion. At my second infusion of each 3-week course (there are 6 scheduled courses) I am only getting one chemo medication. The first in