Beginning next Tuesday or Wednesday (July 13th or 14th) I will be given the first infusion of chemotherapy. Before then, I have to have a port installed in my chest that will allow easy access to my veins whether I'm being given chemo, or I V fluids or having blood drawn.
I will have the chemo therapy for 6 weeks. Once I have finished with the initial chemotherapy treatments, I will begin a cycle of chemo and radiation for 10 weeks. They call it the "WO WO" treatment (week on / week off) because I will be staying in the hospital for 5 nights (Sunday - Friday) as an inpatient while they give me chemo and radiation. Then, I go home for the next 9 days. This 2 week cycle of 5 nights in the hospital followed by 9 at home will occur 5 times or 10 weeks.
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