My first Palladia

It's been a day since I had my first Palladia, the experimental chemotherapy drug that we are trying out to help my cancer. First off, I just want to say that I do not like taking pills. They gave us some of those pill pockets that cats and dogs are supposed to be crazy over, but guess what? I'm not into them. But you're also talking to the cat that won't eat fresh seafood. Mom used to bring me pieces of Salmon and Halibut home when she worked at a restaurant and I turned my nose up at it! I likes what I likes, I can't help it.

Anyway, I took my other meds pretty well. Mom figured out that if she put the pill in a piece of the pill pocket and then fused it to a feline greenie (a delicious green cat treat that is good for dental health and for some reason I like) then I would eat it. She thinks she's so slick... I guess she is, because I ate it without a hitch. The Palladia is a different story. The other pills I only have to take 1/4 of, this one I have to take the whole thing.

That one they decided they would have to force feed me. BOO! They tag team me; one of them holds me and opens my mouth and the other puts the pill in there and then they close my mouth and massage my throat so I swallow it. The whole thing is a nightmare for me, but I understand they have to do it. I don't even hold a grudge and am ready to for purring right after. Gloves have to be worn when handling the Palladia. I wish I didn't have to eat it even more knowing that!

I have to take another one tonight, it's an every other night medication. I think I feel fine, no nausea or problems with my bowels, but it's only day one. We'll see how I feel in a couple of days. My incision from my biopsy is crusting over, so hopefully it won't be too much longer before these stitches dissolve. I want to be ready for my close up Mr. DeMille!