Medical: On a Benda

I am doing really well. The worst part of Bendamustine chemo today was the needle stick and leaving my USB charger there.* There was a little bit of irritation as the injection progressed, but not much, and I was able to bike there (21 minutes door to door, vs 13 minutes by car** and 30+ by subway) and bike back to the office, do some work, write this blog and be set for going home.  Actual time in the chair was near-exactly an hour

2:10 arrive late; binge on water in the waiting area
2:25 called in; weight 181, at least 2 of which was water
2:30 request chemo room with a window***
2:35 pulse, blood pressure, O2, and temp taken
2:45 today's vein: the right cephalic vein (yesterday it was the left basilic vein)
2:50 Text Mrs Blogger that it isn't worth her coming, since I'll be done by 3:30
3:00 Bendamustine arrives from pharmacy****
3:10 Pumping begins
3:20 Pumping reaches its goal, but bag is not empty; nurse restarts
3:25 Bag empty, pump shuts off when the inflow line air bubble reaches the pump

* I thought I was very clever, using a surplus patient ID sticker to mark my personal belongings, but feel very stupid for actually leaving it there.
** and when you consider that Lyft may take 3 to 8 minutes to arrive, or that, in one's own car, parking can take another 5 mins (hunting in the patient garage) the bike is practically the dominant mode for getting there.
*** there's chemo boredom and then there's windowless chemo boredom
**** all this stuff costs so much that the Pharmacy won't ship it up to Oncology until they know you're there.