Cuatro de Mayo - Chemo Starts - Shipping Shenanigans

Hello! So today is the start of chemo. Colleen went in around 10 and was at the infusion center until about 2:30. Everything went well except that the company that is sending the oral chemo dropped the ball, it could have been UPS. A total mess up on delivery timing. It should have come on Friday, but it didn’t. When it didn’t arrive on Friday and we checked in with the shipper, we were told that they would stop the delivery from being on a truck and we could pick it up at the UPS Customer Center, “just tell them your last name and you’re good to go.” I head down to UPS and arrive at opening, give our last name, but they don’t have anything by name: “Do you have a tracking number? We don’t usually go by name.” The guy was nice enough, and went looking, but eventually said that UPS would call (which they didn’t). Thanks UPS!
I went home, picked up Colleen, and dropped her off at the infusion center. At about 2:30 when Colleen was just about finished with her infusion, she made a call to ACREEDO (the oral chemo provider), and their tracking department. Nobody there had any idea if it was even in Seattle…WTF? It’s super frustrating! Anyone shipping anything: always, always, ALWAYS, provide a tracking number!

In other fun news, her side effects right now are the cold temps thing. To the point that she couldn’t even have her hand outside the car window. She wanted some fresh air on the way home, put her hand out the window and it started to hurt. She also noticed that her lips and fingertips were tingling and later realized that it was probably the AC on in the car. She even tried a cracker when she got home that was just cool and it made her jaw hurt.

Onward she goes!