Am interesting roller coaster, this one. After the uncomfortable hands and shoulder of day 6 (which had rendered me unable to operate a knife or deal with bra hooks), I decided to manage day 7 with ibuprofen. A much better night’s sleep and wok...
Day 5 started out very well. I guess I was still benefiting from the Dexamethasone, and I had got the acid reflux well under control. I had been absolutely determined to complete my 200th parkrun. With a still stitched and healing portacath, I knew t...
Days 2-4 are the dexamethasone days, I guess the steroids aim to take you through the first hit of the chemo. I took 2 with the infusion and then had 12 to bring home - 2 to have with breakfast and 2 with lunch on each of days 2-4. I am also crunchin...
Everyone on chemo has to have a first chemo appointment, where it’s all a walk into the unknown. Today was mine, kitted out with my new Bard Power Port. So I write this to try to demystify it for other newbies. The appointment was 9am and a bun...
I had a “power port” portacath device fitted this morning. It’s a small port that sits in your upper chest with wiring into your veins and can be used for delivering chemo and taking bloods. It’s an alternative to the PIC...
