Morning Hands: My Chemo Regimen and Side Effects
My chemo regimen is called FOLFOXIRI. It consists of 4 drugs: fluorouracil (5FU), leucovorin, oxaliplatin and Irinotecan. Before I started chemo, I had a mediport placed in the right side of my chest. A mediport has a small disk, called a septum, that sits just under the skin and is attached to a catheter. When I’m prepping for chemo, a nurse will “access” my port by putting a needle into the center of the septum. The needle is pretty thick... it doesn’t tickle. Once the drug