Chemo Number 5

I arrived for my Fifth Chemo in Glorious Splendour !!! I brought Kisses for the Nurses and also some Red Noses. The nurse didn't have any problems finding a good vein and so she stuck me and then ran saline into me for awhile...I listened to Bob and Ray and dozed a bit. I awoke briefly as she began to load into me the first pre-med. I received 5 pre-meds altogether...I think...I slept through it all, awakening at 1:30pm to find that the first Chemo med was about to finish...it is Taxol...I had arrived at the Chemo at 8:00am so I had a good sleep...however, what with all of the liquids pouring into me non-stop, I was peeing as I got up and rushed into the bathroom...there was a blood pressure cuff on me and the IV monitors were plugged into a wall outlet, so I moved with haste to disconnect everything as I moved more determinedly to the water closet...I made it but I still had a bit of wetness so I had to change into another pair of pants. Last time I experienced the same thing but didn't have a spare so used a lot of paper towels to try to wash and dry my pants...this time I only brought a pair of sweat pants and they lasted till I got home.
The 2nd Chemo drug was affixed and poured into me and I was out of the Hospital at about 4:00pm.
I forgot to mention that when I woke-up the first time, I asked the nurse when she came in (due to the beepings from the disconnected blood pressure cuff and monitors) if she had seen any clowns other than me. She told me that, yes, a clown had appeared a while ago and was patiently waiting out front. And, then in came Folly !!!

She had a bag of Hospital props and she showed them to me and it was very, very Entertaining! We talked about my Chemos and about clowning and about the up and coming Red Skelton Parade in Vincennes Indiana in June. I have been to them in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and would like to go this year if I am able. Folly gave me a crayon with wings attached to it and told me that I was passing the Chemo with "Flying Colors" !
And, then when I was ready to leave the Hospital, I received a call that Jerry Black and Lyle Kelly were in the lobby and wanted to see me. They are with the Mars Society - Ohio Chapter and I went down and visited with them and evidently there is a Space event for families at the USAirForce Museum and the Mars Society will be having a display. Hopefully, I can get a ride out to it !
So, I made it home and had a light snack of a boiled egg and some grapefruit juice and then I went and visited Gary and Susan and then Polo the Taco Man. It is now 11:30pm and I started the day at 6:00am...of course, I had a nice sleep in the middle of about 6 hours !
I feel pretty normal and I am always waiting for another shoe to drop. But I trust in the Lord.
Oh, speaking of shoes, the final Chemo medication has an interesting side-effect that causes me to become invisible for a time. I stood on the bed as it poured in and took a picture (timed-shutter) and noticed that my clown shoes are magically still visible ! I'll have to remember that...

Life is good...Life is an Adventure !!!