Hi donnatownsend,
I love your attitude. Always press your call button if you start having symptoms. With my first chemo the cisplatin infusion went fine. When they started the etoposide infusion, I felt like a mule had kicked me in the back. I pressed my call button. The room filled with professionals. It turned out that I'm allergic to the etoposide. I had to have it. With each treatment, they filled me with Demerol, Benadryl and a couple of steroids before starting the etoposide. Needless to say those drugs knocked me out for the rest of the infusion and for the week after. I'd find myself standing and being asleep. Not good. I later found out from palliative care that I could take Ritalin to overcome that cocktail of drugs. That helped though then I tried to do too much. I thought I could do exercise classes from you-tube the first week after infusion. Not! My blood ox fell and I passed out. The first week needed to be with little activity. The week after treatment needs to be for reading and sedate activities. I wouldn't do financial, legal or make important decisions that week.
I do love your attitude. You go girl. After the first week of each treatment, I walked a mile everyday with a friend. I also could do some moderate exercise from You-tube. The exercise supposedly helped to minimize side-effects. It did feel good to have a goal and make that each day. I also did a lot of reading. Let other's do for you. It's your turn. All the best to you. VLPR