Chemo and Christmas Decorations

As we look ahead into the month of December and the inevitable colder weather of winter, I am glad that I have gotten my Flu Shot and also glad that I seldom leave the house and have no desire to leave because of the COVID Pandemic.  And, when I do leave the house, I always wear a face mask when going inside anywhere except my own home of course.

This week will be a week of colder weather here in the Valley in the 40's I believe whereas last week it was in the 60's and I am still wondering what happened to the 50's since none of them were experienced.

Despite having to go outside to install our Christmas decorations...  a task we do every year after Thanksgiving, I must, at the end of the week, travel to Knoxville for my month Chemo Infusion and while I still refer to it as chemo, the infusion I get is considered an immunotherapy.  And, as you recall if you are reading my diary, I also take a daily immunotherapy pill as well.

My visit will be on Thursday early, starting at 7:30 am or so with Lab Work and then a short walk to a 6 chair suite where the infusions are given..  If I am not mistaken, there are 8 suites and two nurses assigned to each suite or a 3:1 ratio, and while my days started here with infusions that took 5-6 hours, today, once started, my infusion lasts only 30 minutes and I am administered no premeds for nausea, even though nausea is considered a side effect along with fatigue and loss of appetite.