{"id":10,"date":"2018-06-25T01:48:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T01:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/?p=10"},"modified":"2018-06-27T22:22:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T22:22:54","slug":"cycle-1-day-6-a-new-life-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2018\/06\/25\/cycle-1-day-6-a-new-life-skill\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle 1 &#8211; Day 6: A new life skill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just another 1st today as I get a lesson on how to give myself an injection.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/img_0770-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_0770.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_0770.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This little syringe is pre-loaded with a man-made protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or G-CSF for short. I thought the IT industry had the corner on acronyms but the medical field is right up there. The purpose is to help my body generate neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting infection and which the chemo drugs do a number on. \u00a0Bonus for us over 65 is that it&#8217;s covered by the government as part of the treatment program.<\/p>\n<p>So, after a training session where I learn the Five Rs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right patient<\/li>\n<li>Right drug<\/li>\n<li>Right location<\/li>\n<li>&#8230; and a couple more that &#8216;ve already forgotten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the process:<\/p>\n<p>Basically, 2&#8243; away from the belly button and a little below, clean with wipes, jab at a 45\u00a0\u00b0angle, inject and your done. This happens 5 times on Day 6-10 of every cycle.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a certified drug injector. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 or \ud83d\ude41 , not sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just another 1st today as I get a lesson on how to give myself an injection. This little syringe is pre-loaded with a man-made protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or G-CSF for short. I thought the IT industry had the corner on acronyms but the medical field is right up there. The purpose is to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2018\/06\/25\/cycle-1-day-6-a-new-life-skill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cycle 1 &#8211; Day 6: A new life skill&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}