Today is day 16, the final day, of cycle 1. I go back to check in with the doctor on 1/6 but don't have to go back for another dose of carfilzomib until cycle 2 starts on 1/12. I'll drop in tomorrow on my way to work for a blood draw but that's all.
I should have been done by 11 or so but Shin-Shin had to wait to get the results of a blood test as the final blood test last night showed my potassium was high. It must have come down overnight because it came back normal. Maybe it was something I ate. A week ago I had a chocolate milk shake and the next day my blood glucose was very high. Anyway, it took an hour longer since I had to sit around and wait. I've been taking dexamethasone prior to the infusion and that makes me very fidgety so it felt like twice as long.
I'm debating whether to take a sleep aid tonight as it's hard to get any sleep until the dexamethasone passes. Last night wasn't good and it didn't help that half the fire department, complete with two ladder companies, pulled up right under my window. Ladder companies won't do me any good on the 9th floor, so that was kind of exciting. I didn't see any smoke and they left pretty soon so I guess it was a false alarm.
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