My parents came over to watch the kids while we went to Huntsman to meet with the oncologist and do the initial baseline lab work. The appointment ended up taking longer than we thought it would and then we had to wait around to get all of my prescriptions filled. I have a steroid prescription that I have to take the night before and morning of my chemo and then for the first several days afterwards. I also have a couple of anti-nausea medications if needed and a cream to put on my port to numb it up before they access it. I think that the total price ended up being less than $10 for everything - thank goodness for insurance and generic brand drugs...

They took a look at my port but feel it is too early to use it yet. I will get my first dose of chemo through an IV in my arm tomorrow. Plus it's still pretty tender and sensitive to the touch.

I still can't believe that all of this is for real... I keep thinking that I'm going to wake up and find out that this is all just a bad dream. This is something that I should not be having to worry about at my young age with such young children! In so many ways this would all be so much easier to deal with if it was just me and DH and our kids were older and grown...