Chemo Day 4 - First Post from the Hospital

>I figured that I should be writing this now, since I really want to capture
> the moment in all of it's glory. I'm sitting in the patient lounge in a
> hospital gown because I've just thrown up all over myself. My street
> clothes are a complete mess and they don't make these gowns to fit someone
> like me. So let me sum up from head to toe.
>
> My eyes are bloodshot and sore, my mouth tastes like bile, my shoulders are
> squished back because hospital gowns are never wide enough to fit me, my
> stomach is doing somersaults, and my ab muscles just had the workout of a
> lifetime.
>
> Is this worth it. I know it is, but I've got to keep reminding myself that
> it's going to get better.
>
> I've also made the decision to stay in the hospital tonight. My bed at home
> is so much nicer, but I don't know if I could survive another car ride to or
> from the hospital. The nurse has promised to hit me with a ton of Gravol
> later on today so I'm going to just lie there and rest like a good little
> boy.
>
> This is going to be a short one today, because I've still got to phone Caity
> and get her to bring up my overnight bag. I'm also starting to feel another
> ab workout coming on and I'm guessing the rest of the patients don't want to
> tip-toe past vomit in order to get to the TV.
>
> And the best part of all this? I get three more days of it.
>
> Why couldn't I have just bought an ab machine