day one, take two

i'm sitting at home, after my first treatment, waiting for the side effects to kick in. i've been gifted with an absolutely gorgeous sunset, one of the best i've seen in a very long time. i can't help but think someone is trying to make up for the crappy day i'm having, or am about to have, anyway.

i'm starting to feel the effects of the treatment -- tired, mostly, and a little off, my words and thoughts not coming out the way i want them, slow. i'm expecting a fever, chills, muscle aches, and other flu-like symptoms, but not for a while yet, 7:30 maybe.

i was very nervous about treatment this morning, but in the end it was easy. i just lay in a bed in a little curtained alcove, had an IV placed in my left arm, and the interferon was dripped in... drip, drip, drip for a half hour or so, and then they sent me home. i think the worst part of all this is going to be the boredom. hopefully my parents will play scrabble with me while we wait.

so that's the status so far. i'll write again, when i *really* know what's about to happen to me...