Put Me In, Doc

Call me crazy, but I was actually eager to start my biochemotherapy treatments. There are a couple of reasons why a reasonably sane person might feel this way. By this time in my new life with melanoma, I’d grown very weary of a diagnostic process that seemed to me like it progressed at the speed of Congress approving a budget, and I wanted to DO SOMETHING. And I truly didn’t have a clue what I was getting myself into because there’s just no earthly way your doc can begin to describe how radical chemotherapy is going to make you feel. I can’t think of a better song to tell you how I felt on that very early morning when I checked into the 'chemo condo' for Round One than John Fogerty’s “Centerfield”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04KQydlJ-qc


Well, beat the drum and hold the phone – my trial starts up today!
I’m born again, there's new drugs sure to shield.
A-stagin' three, and headed for four, it's a wide-eyed boomer man;
Anyone can understand the way I feel.

Oh, put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can feel Remission.

Well, I spent some time in the clinic lines, hopin’ just for the best;
You know they found some nodes that the pricey surgeon cut out.
So mister doctor, get my nurse and call the pharmacy;
Don't say "it ain't so", you know my time is now.

Oh, put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can feel Remission.

Yeah! I want it, I want it!

Got a nice blue gown, infusion line, and not one thing to lose;
You know I think it's time to give this trial a ride.
Just go start the pumps and drain those bags - my cancer’s on the run;
(pop) It's gone and you can tell cancer goodbye!

Oh, put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can feel Remission.

Oh, put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Doc - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can feel Remission.
Yeah!

Yeah!