I have had 3 more Paclitaxel infusions since my last blog entry. The underlying pattern has remained consistent with the previous treatments. Unfortunately I have started to build up some more worrying side effects on top.
First of all, I have ...
I am settled into the weekly Paclitaxel cycle now, with no further incident. But it does feel like a series of groundhog days.
Wednesday afternoon infusion means around 4 hours at the hospital to get through the pre-meds, flushes, steroid and a...
Having overcome the abdominal pan and infection, I restarted weekly Paclitaxel chemo on Wednesday of last week. I persuaded them to change the anti sickness medication from something long acting, to something less all-encompassing. I hadn’t had...
I had a follow up appointment with one of the oncology registrars following last week’s hospital stay. At the time of the appointment, I was still struggling with my bowels somewhat, and still completing my course of oral antibiotics. It was de...
Well, they didn’t let me go home. Infection markers going through the roof meant I was admitted into the acute oncology ward for 72 hours of repeated infusions of antibiotics by IV. On the plus side I had a single en-suite room, because of my n...
