Chemo 6, Cheryl 0

Yup, that score is correct, Cheryl got doubly hammered this go around. Third chemo treatment, third set of palliative drugs. This round, they tried her on Zofran, a very expensive anti-nausea drug. Stops the nausea all right, also provided bloat, headaches, and that wonderful out-of-body experience we all know and love. For future reference, if a drug has a possible side effect, Cheryl will find it.

She’s also much weaker this time, and seems more fatigued. The oncology nurses at Hopkins seem to think that this is part of the accumulative effect from the chemo. The only good news is that she only has one more round on this particular cocktail, and then they switch to another. We’ve been told that most women tolerate the second chemo better, but if they don’t, it’s much worse than than side effects of the current one.

We’ll let you know more as the week progresses.