ABVD

These last couple of days have been wonderful. No cough, no fever, no tiredness, no nausea, no nothing.

All good must come to an end though - the second round of chemo is tomorrow. Shit. It's really hard to convince your brain that something that makes you feel so bad actually cures you.

By the way, did you know that each chemo treatment is personal and designed just for you? I didn't, until now. How special. They take everything into account: your weight, your age, how far the disease has spread, and then measure the exact amount of liquid you should be given. Mine's called the ABVD-treatment. It consists of four different kinds of drugs which are given intravenously.

Let me introduce them to you. They are all pretty feisty and unafraid to make their presence known inside the body.

A= Adriamycin (doxorubicin)
B= Bleomycin
V= Vinblastine
D= Dacarbazine

I'm sure that more specific information about their origin, function, and possible side effects can be found on Wikipedia. I prefer not to look. Sometimes it's best not to know.

Well, I'm off to do the necessary blood tests they take the day before chemo.

Have a good one!

P.S. My neighbours must think that I've lost my mind. I was swearing and shouting in Spanish the whole yesterday evening. Congratulations Spain. Xavi and Iniesta are out of this world.