I had my third infusion today. They again suggested increasing the speed of delivery to 90 minutes, but I still wasn't comfortable w/ that rate. It was probably the nurse telling me that a side effect of the Rituximab (Rituxin) is convulsions. Yep, convulsions. I do remember reading about that in the materials Dr. Inwards gave me a month ago, but I was trying not to focus on that. Well, for fear of shaking uncontrollably, I asked if we could arrive at a happy medium. So after two hours, I left the infusion therapy center tremor free. I have my last infusion next Saturday. I think I'll feel more comfortable with a 90-minute infusion then.
I was more tired after this infusion and took a three-hour nap after returning to my brother's house. The Benadryl they give me before the infusion always makes me tired, but this time it didn't really hit me until several hours later. It could, however, be that this past week was especially busy, and my body just needed to recharge. My lymph nodes seem to be in less of an uproar these days, but I had more night sweats last night than I've had before. I'm going to all these as positive ways my body is expelling this illness.
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