  I think I owe a huge thank you to all those people who had chemo before me and yelled loudly about the bad side effects. And to all the scientists who mixed-up these great feel good concoctions! Because I feel GREAT this morning. Before they even gave me my first I.V. (four in all) of chemo drugs, they gave me a whole I.V. bag of anti-nausea drugs. Then they sent me home with not one, not two, but THREE anti-nausea prescriptions. The chemo nurse gave me great advice - "start taking these as soon as you start feeling nauseas, don't wait!
" Anyway, so far I've eaten a bacon cheeseburger, chicken enchiladas, apple juice and milk, and I feel awesome. (You have to remember I went thru a whole month of eating nothing but Campbell's chicken soup and I've lost almost 70 pounds: I'm starving thanks to the steroids I got last week. ) Of course, the chemo nurse already called this morning, and told me not to get too hopeful as it might change shortly!
:o) Besides killing the nasty tumors, my chemo drugs have the following side effects: Adriamycin: Makes you pee red (put that in for my friends who like gross details), vomit and lose your hair. Bleomycin: Makes you vomit and lose your hair. Lance Armmstrong didn't take this drug because it is hard on your lungs, but I don't ride a bike, so who cares? Vinblastine: Bruising. Dacarbazine: Vomiting. 
