Moments and Memories

Moments and Memories

Friday, 14 December 2012

My Mom 1st Chemotherapy - at RSCM

13-12-2012 was the date when my mom has her 1st chemotherapy at RSCM.

The drugs was:
Rexta 150mg
Brexel 120mg
Paloxi (for anti nausea)
Leukokine (for increasing the leucocyte - white blood cell).
Price? Definitely much more expensive than a gold - you name it!. But that still moderate, I heard another name of drug which much much more expensive.
(browse mims for detail of drug information, but you need to sign up first)

We arrived at 9am, but since we must wait for the protocol, then I guess the chemo start at 11am.

My mom was accompanied by Calvin n my lil sista.
Me and josh stayed at home, cause Hospital is not a good place for children and he can't stay quiet also.

Oh, we shall finish all the administration (the payment also) before, it's a rule from the hospital.
Compare to the private hospital, we only need to put a deposit (forget how many percent from total expense) before treatment.
For the next time we shall finished the administration a day before so the chemo could start right away when we arrived since they get the protocol in hand.

How long?
6 hours for Rexta and Brexel.
Before chemo they inject the paloxi and after chemo they inject the leukokin.
Why took so long? They explained that this was my mom first chemo, therefore they slowly put in the drug, so when the allergic reaction show up, they could took an action.

Mom's body reaction?
Pee a lot. Poo a lot also, happen when my mom drink a vegetable juice and coconut water. Therefore I gave her a banana for the night meal including the 20gram whey protein drink.
For the first day, she haven't felt any nausea and that's good.

Doctor informed me that my mom will feel the drug effect after 2-3 days. Let see how's my mom condition.
Meanwhile, we keep on our food plan and hope to keep the nausea away.
We also stop the herbal for a while, except the curcumin (kunyit, kencur and temulawak) and still consume the whey protein.

Thanks God for today, we couldn't ask more.
We just pray may God give us strength to walk upon this condition.

2 comments:

  1. ..Boleh dong dishare resep2 masakan, fruit jelly puding, juice, etc. di blog ini untuk masukan pasien2 kanker lainnya? Trims for sharing.. sangat bermanfaat infonya ^_^

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  2. Hi Terima kasih sudah meninggalkan pesan :). Nanti akan coba saya rangkum makanan apa saja yang dikonsumsi mama selama masa chemotherapy.
    Yang pasti beda penyakit kanker, beda obat kemo, beda efek samping, sehingga beda pula toleransi terhadap satu makanan dengan yang lainnya saat masa-masa chemotherapy.

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