9/1, 9am : I feel heavily medicated this morning. Obviously the effects of the chemo and it's continual drip throughout the night. I'm unusually exhausted. I had a bite of a room temperature mango and both my left and right jaw bones felt the zapping of an electric jolt. I'm going to try and sleep some more...

9/2, 4pm: just got home from the hospital where they disconnect me from the chemo pouch. I can't lie, this is an intense energy drainer. I have felt nausea, lack of appetite, moodiness, electrical jolts in my jaw from eating, and absolute exhaustion. I had more energy following my colon surgery on 7/15. I've been feeling perfectly healthy over the last few weeks. The chemo makes me ill. I have no energy to do much of anything. I did get hypnotized by a melody yesterday afternoon and got myself out of bed to the piano and started a new composition; outside of that, I'm just making sure I breathe deep and keep positive. My wife and my mother are making sure I and eat healthy. My nurse Maria informed me that I will continue to experience the side-effects 3-4 day following the chemo; fun! I'm just grateful I'm finally disconnect from the chemo-drip so I can take a shower! Round 1 of 12 is complete.