Mahalo for today

So off to bed right away but a quick post to let you know I survived Day 0 of cycle 1.  Overall better than could have been.  Rolled into town yesterday at 7 AM after overnight flight back from Amazing Maui, dropped my suitcase and headed in to TBCC for bloodwork and pre-chemo appointment.  Counts and all other pre-tests suggested to go ahead with chemo, so Tasha picked me up at 8 this morning and I got three chemo drugs IV until around 3 PM.  No crazy reactions that can often happen, so that was positive.  IV in hand also stood up with no discomfort, another bonus.  I noticed some minor improvements to IV machines and tape for IV (only things someone in the cancer world for multi-decades would appreciate).  Last big bonus of day was finding out my third drug actually was a better one than I expected to get - significantly (5x) less toxic on the heart.  Start the car! as the Ikea commercial goes..  Anti-nausea meds and steroids and other "covering" drugs will wear off by Thurs so then the side effects may ramp up but for now just happy Day 0 was quite a bit better than my expectations.  One day at a time - so I am saying Mahalo for today.  Cheers.