CHEMO YESTERDAY

I spent all day at the Arizona Cancer Center yesterday. Dr. Appt., blood draw and then 6 hrs of chemo. YUCK! It was Taxol and Carboplatin again, so I can expect to be in a bunch of pain by tomorrow or monday.

My stupid drug store is being pissy about my prescriptions. Believe it or not, the night before I left I picked up the antibiotic my primary had given me for my wheezing, congested lungs. I was packing about 9:30 that night and decided to divvy out all my pills for 10 days in a container so I didn't have to bring all the bottles. Good plan. The antibiotic had 30 pills - 3 per day for 10 days. Easy, I was going to be gone for 10 days. As I'm putting them into the container, I only come up with 25! They shorted the prescription! I called right away as this CVS closes at 10pm. The pharmacist said it was too late to fix. I said I'm leaving at 6am for 10 days she HAS to fix it. She finally said to come to the window as they wouldn't let me in the door anymore. I only live 1/2 mile away. I dash out (just the thing I wanted to be doing!) and go to the window. She put 5 more pills in my bottle and what really got me, is that she acted all cheery and didn't apologize or anything. OOOPS! You just mis-filled a presecription that is dose sensitive lady! That's not something to just blow off!

So I'm annoyed today that despite getting paper prescriptions yesterday, they have to call in to verify them with my Dr. She decided to give me paper rather than call them in just to avoid this issue! So of course, here it is almost 1pm Friday and they still are not ready. The guy promised to call me back within 1/2 hour. We'll see. These are NOT heavy duty drugs, not narcotics or anything, so I'm surprised at the delay. Good thing I have 24-36 hrs before the chemo after-effects hit me!

I'll be dropping off my pictures when I go in to pick them up, so shortly I'll post more about my trip - including the great adventures in urban life while visiting my daughter in Chicago!

later, Patti