My 4 day regimen of High Dosage Cyclophosphamide chemotherapy is complete. I can say that the chemotherapy is definitely hard on the body. The hospital was pretty good about letting me know what to expect. I was saddled with most of the standard side effects: nausea, hair loss and loss of appetite. The most uncomfortable side effect was hemorrhagic cystitis and required me to be hospitalized for an extra three days. It's an extremely painful condition for any male to endure. Aside from that I've been doing pretty well. All my counts dropped, as expected, and I'm now receiving GCSF (neupogen) until my white blood cell counts return to an acceptable level (could take between 2-6 months).
This is actually the most taxing part of the treatment, because patience is required. There is no definitive answer as to when I'll see progress, so here I wait. Day 23 and always moving forward.
