Two long days

Monday I picked up Todd at 11:00 and drove him to UCSF for his noon radiation appointment. Unfortunately, his radiation machine was broken, so after waiting nearly 2 hours we moved on to the appointment with his medical oncologist, Dr. Dubey. We discussed the chemo infusion happening tomorrow and she gave us a prescription for a higher dose pain patch, which Todd will switch over to as needed. Back down to the basement, we found that the radiation department was still running way behind. Finally, he was done--we didn't get home until 6 pm.

Tuesday, St. Patrick's Day. We leave the house around 7 am for Todd's chemo infusion at 8 am but run into nasty traffic, backed up way before the toll booth. We get there late, but nothing much is happening anyway. Diane, Glen and Todd's favorite infusion nurse is dressed in green for the ocassion, even down to a watch with a bright green strap! She gets Todd started. He must be more dehydrated than last time as he hardly leaves his recliner to use the bathroom (with the first infusion, it was every 15 -20 minutes!). At 12:30 I leave to take a walk and head down Sutter to Filmore and then up the hill to Broadway and a gorgeous view of the bay and the fabulous homes surrounding me. I get back and get Todd some lunch from the cafeteria: pasta salad and tuna salad; he eats a decent small portion.

The radiation machine is still broken and even though they knew we were coming down at 2:30 after the infusion, Todd does not complete his radiation until 4:50 pm. I knitted 2 hats today for the cancer patients, so it wasn't a complete waste of time! We talk to someone in the first floor radiation office to try and insure we get closer to our schedule -- we have friends and neighbors planning on driving, and we can't have them sitting there all afternoon (plus it is so wearing on Todd--he said he kept dozing off on the radiation table today and then jerking awake. Hopefully that didn't affect the placement of the radiation). One of the supervisers assures us tomorrow will be better. We hope so, as we get home again at 6 pm, so tired! Thankfully, the Jacknows have brought dinner!