Interesting first day

I would have titled this "Difficult First Day" but Gennie will see the title on Facebook. Around three PM yesterday, about an hour after Gennie received two long needles to her belly (this is how Vidaza is administered) all the difficulties she had in 1997 with chemo came rushing back.  She has 100mg of Vidaza injected her belly area using two long menacing needles. The nurse said this is the area of the body with most fat. I sort of laughed and wondered if she had ever seen Gennie's belly.  They called in two perscriptions for nausea but we will have to wait for approval for one of them. I picked up the one the insurance company will allow her to have. The top side effect of this type of chemo is nausea. Well, Gennie confirmed that. From 3PM until 10PM Gennie was hugging a trash can. It was awful for her. On her own she called the "on call" doctor. It took him about two hours to respond. He told her to take more medicine. She had already taken the full dosage. I knew at this point she was seriously ill. She has never called a doctor without being hounded to do so. She finally got to sleep in her recliner around 11PM. This morning at 8AM she has already called the office to make them aware of the problem. She simply stated she will not go through that again today. Hopefully they will address this problem before her next two shots today at 1:30PM.
My job through all of this was pretty simple. Keep the dog from making it worse and keep emptying the trash can.  Today I have decided to stay with her and take her to the clinic later for her next shots. We both thought that after it went well yesterday she would be fine to go on her own. Not so fast. If they want her to take her meds before the shots she will not be able to drive. No big deal just a modification to plans.
Well that is the update from Day 1. Hopefully the clinic is used to this and has a fix for Gennie. If not it is going to be a long arduous road she has to walk.