Champagne

I'm thankful that we live in a country with universal healthcare. I got my first treatment of Nivolumab today, and looked up the price of this drug in the USA. Drugs.com says it averages $1,323 USD for a supply of 4 millilitres (10 mg/mL) and my dose was 427mg. This works out to about $14,123 USD per dose. My course is for 13 doses for a grand total of half your house.

PS: The process went well. I was cold during the IV, but it was probably because of the air conditioner duct above my head.

Got A Date

I got a phone call from BC Cancer this afternoon. My first scheduled immunotherapy (Nivolumab) will be next Tuesday, May 14. I hope it goes smoothly. Side effects are rare, but they're serious if you get them. Maybe I'll get lucky. Still no word on the full body CT scan.

As for the previous post (the one about dying), I didn't know at the time that there was already some "backroom chatter" about this in the immediate family. So I'm happy I posted it, and we're all on the same page.

Today, I'm feeling really well (OK - got this cold/cough that is lingering).

So, onward. Once this first session is done, the remaining twelve should happen four weeks apart - which makes our lives a little easier to plan.