Work…………Clot

 Chemotherapy —Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body (src: Mayo Clinic).

But, I would say it is a lethal drug, one would take with a belief to get cured of the disease. It doesn’t mean, I am against chemotherapy but I am worried about the side effects, it would affect your body’s immune system.

After the first cycle of chemo, he initially had uneasiness but the doctor had already prescribed the medication to treat it. He resumed work, the very next day after his first cycle of chemo. He was also active and had the food in small quantities at regular intervals even after major surgery.

Side effects like loss of appetite and hair fall started after the third cycle and he felt irritated easily because of the reaction of these chemo drugs. Then, I understood that we need to be so patient with the people, who are under chemo treatment. He slowly started becoming weak after each cycle, but he never took leave from the office and even I didn’t stop because I thought that he would engage in some work at the office rather than staying back at home and thinking about treatment and full recovery.

When we got admitted for the third cycle, I observed swelling around his neck area, but my father didn’t have pain and when the nurse tried to flush the port, it wasn’t working as expected. The doctor advised for an X-ray and it confirmed that there was a small blood clot around the port. Dr. Kishore, who inserted it advised us to get it removed by taking the necessary medication (anticoagulants like heparin). They removed it in OT and

Dr.Srinivas advised a PICC line, which is a longer catheter that’s placed in the upper arm. Its tip ends in the largest vein of the body, which is why it’s considered a central line. PICC stands for “peripherally inserted central-line catheter.”

Chemo cycles……..continued || Work……also continued