My first vidaza treatment was Monday, May 22, 2019. I will receive my sixth treatment tomorrow, the 29th. My oncologist cautioned me about the “erroneous” info online particularly about sleeping a lot after treatment. She was dead-on. After five injections I do not feel any meds in me. I came home and lived my life exactly as I did before MDS. I walked the treadmill a minimum of 30 minutes per day, gardened, go to grocery store and basically do everything I did before. The difference now is due to the anemia, I conserve energy by taking a daily nap of at least an hour and I get about 7-8 hours sleep at night. Due to a history of nausea and vomiting, I get two zofran before the vidaza injection and therefore have had no need for script I filled just in case. The injection areas have been really sore because I don’t have a lot of fat on me, but I teased the nurses to just bridge me to transplant, I can do “sore”! I am 70. Good luck–hope you do as well!
