Well I have now had my first Chemo treatment. It went well. The place is beautiful, the waiting room is like a fine hotel waiting room. When I checked in at the front desk I was given a lunch menu to choose from full of yummy foods....I like yummy foods. Then they lead us back to a spacious room with lots of chairs that recline. There were windows all along the walls. I was shown a section and the nurse told me I could choose my chair. I picked the one by the window, it looked out at some green trees. I settled in and they gave me a warmed blanket (everywhere I go they give me a warm blanket). And we began to talk about all the things we are suppose to talk about with the nurse. She asked me a lot of questions....gave me some more details about what could happen....she gave me a cool book that will answer any questions I might have, since I really wasn't paying that much attention ;) She took my blood pressure and of course it was high, and my pulse was high....I was a little more nervous than I thought I suppose. Well we talked about that....and we took it again...still high....I wasn't surprised. My blood pressure always goes up when I am at a new doctor. She had to call my doctor and He wanted me to take some sleepy medicine..so we talked some more...there is a lot of talking I think this first time around. The nurse decided that we would wait on the sleepy meds and just keep checking my blood pressure. I told her I was going to watch a Beth Moore bible study so I really didn't want to go to sleep, but I said I would do what ever she thought I should do. We decided to wait a bit.
So we attacked the next issue.... getting an IV into my tiny veins. I told the nurse that this is an issue a lot of times, you know...just to warn her ;) This was really a bit of an anxiety thing I was having with the whole chemo thing. I had told a couple people and asked for prayer for this specific thing and God really answered this one in such an awesome way. I was told that I should drink a lot of water going into chemo, that this would help my veins. So I took it upon myself to drink very large quantities of water...you know to help God out ;) Well of course God had this all worked out already, He really didn't need my help. I mean I had prayed and asked for prayer that God would go ahead of us and prepare this path. And then I had prayed and asked for specific prayer that God would help my veins get bigger. Well He had it all worked out, in His way, not the way I had thought. The nurse brought out this cool machine that is like a scanner and she ran it over my arm and she could see a vein. It was such a God sent blessing. I was very thankful. She was able to get the IV in and we were all set to go! Isn't God cool????
So I was hooked up and they first gave me a bag of fluid to get my body hydrated. I sat there for 2 hours getting the first bag of fluid. I read a little, watched the video for an hour, ate lunch, got my blood pressure checked ;0, used the restroom, used the restroom....did I mention I was REALLY hydrated! I chatted with the woman who came a little after me. It was her first time too. We talked about all the things she had heard and I told her all the things I had heard. We discovered we were going through the same treatment for the same thing....Isn't that cool too! My Mom came and visited me for a while. Then I began to get the chemo bag. By then I was comfy in my seat and I decided not to think about the fact that I was now getting chemo. My awesome nurse assured me this would feel no different than the fluid, she was right. So I took the chemo bag for 1 hour. More chatting with my new chemo friend and book reading, going to the bathroom toteing along my IV....By then my husband was back and I got to spend some time chatting with him. And of course the nurse came and took my blood pressure, just to keep an eye on me. I never did get the sleepy medicine. My blood pressure was still a little high but everyone seemed comfortable with it. She was gracious to me. She knew I really didn't want to take the sleepy meds so she had assured me I would be fine because she was watching me. I don't think it would have been bad to have taken the sleepy meds. I just wasn't feeling anxious, I mean I guess I was, but I didn't feel anxious. I don't know what difference it would have made, but I never did take it.
Then all of a sudden my IV beeped and it was all done. My IV was pulled out, I didn't even feel that. And I was free to go.
It was a nice place, the people were wonderful, very skilled, very sweet, very kind, very reassuring,very comforting. I could not have been in any better hands. But I know I was in God's hands which IS even better. He truly went before me and prepared my path. In His perfect way. I am so thankful I have a God that can prepare my way. What a gift. If I place my trust in Him He promises to take care of me.
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds in the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
The birds I see usually look pretty well taken care of. God seems to do a great job with them. They often are singing pretty little songs. They don't seem anxious, they know they are taken care of. I can trust that same God to take care of me. It says so in Matthew 6.
Well I have a week to come I am sure it won't be all easy. I am going to take my meds, and go 50 mph (or maybe 60) instead of my usual 120 mph and we will just see how it goes. I am glad my nurse told me to do as much as I can. I think I will try to do as much as I can. I know my God has got me. I am going to trust Him this week. I know He will take care of me, just like He does the birds.
Blessings
