Day 1 After #6

Infusion #6 was same old, same old.  Back home first night, steroids wolk me up at 2:00 AM....wide awake till 5:00 AM.  Have moved around slowly all day.  I'm ready for the 5-6 day steroid non-sleep grind!  If that's the worst I got then HEY !     No hacking cough yet.  When I went for infusion I mentioned coughing to infusion nurse and she said that another patient had been given some codiene cough syrup and it worked well.  When the oncologist came by I had a list of all my malidies, including the cough.  She didn't say anything, so I mentioned the nurse's reference to the codiene and asked if I could get some and she said SURE.  You gotta be your own advocate!!  Don't expect a specialist to tend to all of your needs automatically.