Chrazy Chemo!

I got my new chemo and meds instructions today from the transplant team. Holy Moley! This is gonna require the use of Microsoft Project and an Excel spreadsheet to get it right!

There are four pages of data for a total of 20 required meds and 9 optional meds. There are 5 time-points per day, and at each time-point I'm supposed to be taking something.

I have meds that should be taken on an empty stomach. I have meds that need to be taken with food. I have meds I can't have within 2 hours of eating dairy. I have meds I can't have with grapefruit.

The schedule has me taking pills at 7am on an empty stomach. Then I'm supposed to take more pills at 9am with food. Oddly, it also has me taking pills at 9pm on an empty stomach. Basically, my day has been divided into 5 segments with meals at 9am, 1pm, and 6pm. I'm only allowed to have dairy between the hours of 9am and noon.

Does this sound complicated? Heck yes! I guess the simplest method will be to set up a precise daily calendar and also eliminate all dairy from my diet. This is going to feel a bit like working on a production line.

In the words of the Beatles:

Woke up, got out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late

Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream

It's gonna be like this for a while.