And so it begins... chemo day 1

8 hours in the hospital today. Normally it wont be that long, or so they tell us. Billy was "needled" within the first 10 minutes of being there...The first part of the day was telling us what medicines he will be on and what it will do to him as far as side effects. Then what medicines he will take to combat those side effects, and what those medicines will do to him... that went over well. At this point he got up and walked away.. We thought he was going to make a break for it, and im sure he debated it, but he came back. Around 11am, 4 Iv's into it, they were just wrapping up giving him the medicines to ward off "some" of the side effects and allergic reactions he could have. Luckily by the time Tom Zilly got there to relieve me, some of the medicine they gave him to relax started to take effect. He was much more pleasant for the nurses. I dont know too much more since Zilly took the last half of the day, but I will report more as I find out. He is home now sleeping. He got out of the hospital around 4pm. He is tired and very "out of it". But he did ask me to bring him some wine :)