Hi Cally, This is a big day for your mom on many levels. Her first day on a road to remission and recovery. Her first day of wondering what’s going to happen, what she’ll feel like, etc…lots of unknowns on this journey. I referred to it as an odyssey. Made it a lot less daunting…more of an adventure in some surreal 60s film. 😅

I remember my first day of induction. I actually took a quick snapshot of the first injection going into my port so that I could paint a picture of it for my journal. It was the Idarubicine…(part of the 7+3). My nurse had purple gloves, a blue hazmat gown and the liquid was red. Quite the picture. ☺️ But I welcomed the chemo. And honestly by day two, I was actually starting to feel better because it was killing the cancer cells! My fever went away and for a couple of weeks I felt pretty well.

However, this will make your mom tired, she may lose her hair…I pre-empted mine with a buzz cut. She may be nauseated. She will most likely lose her taste buds which will interfere with ‘food feel…texture and taste’.
Fatigue will be her friend for a few weeks but it gets better! Her numbers will bounce back and so will she! I know this is painting a sad picture. Well, we cancer patients look like the walking wounded for a few months but then we heal, blossom and feel pretty invincible. Your mom will too! She’ll show you what she’s made of for sure! ☺️

I’m happy to chat here because what we talk about can help so many others. It’s all anonymous and I promise to be open and honest. Let me know how she does, ok? Was she given anti-nausea meds?

Also, I’m sending you a PM.