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Cycle 2 Day 3: No, I don’t want younger-looking skin

Forgot the selfie today. If you’re wondering, I look the same as yesterday, but I’m wearing a different t-shirt.

Drugs:

  • Prevacid
  • Kytril 1mg for nausea
  • Saline drip (1000 ml)
  • Dexamethasone 4mg IV
  • Etoposide and Cisplatin chemo
  • Lasix IV 20ml

Nurse: Colleen

Had a mostly uneventful day. Treatment went by pretty quickly (so quickly that I left before my lunch showed up, but thankfully it was able to go to another patient who didn’t get to order any). Got home, took a nap, watched the Cubs get swept by the Cardinals (boo). Romberg showed up with dinner and a visit, so that was good. I got to bitch about something besides chemo for a while, which is always nice. If you know me, you probably know I thoroughly enjoy complaining about things.

Speaking of, I need to rant a little bit. Eric and I own a business together, which most of you reading this probably know. We promote that business via social media, and part of that is setting up a Facebook Page for Business. Over the years, Facebook has changed their algorithm so we have to pay to promote posts otherwise our fans won’t see them. It’s annoying, but it’s the way the world works. However, there are a couple classes of businesses that skate around this and clog my Timeline with incessant ads: Realtors and #BossBabes.

If you want to sell things via social media, start a Business Page. I don’t want to unfriend/unfollow people I genuinely like because all I see are ads for skincare or real estate postings. Please, for the love of all that is decent, just start a Business Page. You can invite all of your friends to like it, and the ones who are interested in joining your team or getting younger-looking skin in 6 weeks will like it. The ones who just want to keep up with you on a personal level won’t be inundated with spam.

OK, glad I got that off my chest. If I offended anyone who sells R+F, I apologize. Blame it on the toxic chemicals coursing through my veins. But also know you’re annoying the hell out of cancer patients who have nothing to do all day but look at Facebook 🙂

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