Herceptin #6 of possibly 12?

I left my home this morning at 8:30am for another round of the IV drug Herceptin. I ended up in the waiting room forever. I guess the Infusion Center was really backed up. But I borrowed an iPad again so I kept myself busy looking up studies of Herceptin. [More on that later] I love that they have the iPads there to borrow. It sure beats carrying around my big laptop. Although now it makes me want to have one of my own. Dang! Cancer IS really expensive. LOL
I finally made it back to the Infusion Center at 9:45am. See a very long wait?! Carrie (from Chemo #2 ) was my nurse. Yeah for me! It was great to chat with her again. She's awesome! They put me in the Dugout Room for my treatment today. Since I didn't bring anyone with me this time, it was fun to be with other people. (I do call it a Party Room after all) The patients at Roger Maris Infusion Center come for all kinds of infusions not just breast cancer. But cancer is cancer and it kind of bonds us together regardless. I love it when I find other positive, happy people there. There was one man in particular that made my day! He was an elderly gentleman (almost in his 80s) named Gordon. I fell in love with him right away. He had the whole room rolling with his sense of humor and funny comments. We teased each other about our chairs and our hair or lack of it! He shared his strong opinions about what's wrong with the world, about how he's been "dying" for 20 years and his plans to travel the world before he leaves. I couldn't help but smile the whole time he was there. What a great man!
The Infusion Center also has volunteers that come around and serve snacks with the patients. The Volunteer  today noticed the pink ribbon on my necklace and my nails. She's also a breast cancer survivor so we got to swaping stories. I love to hear the steps that others took. They are all so different. We chatted about how when you're diagnosed you really just have to pray, make your decisions and then you just have to trust that those are the right ones for you. It was so fun to talk with her (and eat her snacks)!
The Pharmacy was also slow but Carrie got in my IV and started the fluids. Unfortunately she got it in on the 2nd try. Stinky veins! Now I'll end up with a bruise on my wrist. Bugger! Poor little arm. [Insert fat bottom lip here] The problem is that since that they took Lymph nodes from my right armpit that arm is now off limits for needles and blood pressure for the rest of my life. Buggy cuz that one has my best veins. Such is life of a cancer patient though- so get over it, right? ;) The actual Herceptin drip was only the short 30 minutes but I didn't end up leaving the center until 12ish. One LONG day again! I don't know why I expect it to ever be any different! I just keep telling myself that it's just cuz they love me so much up there, they don't want me to leave! LOL That's my story... and I'm sticking to it!