just got back from my fifth and penultimate chemo. i suffered horrendously after the last one and the doc couldnt say it wont happen this time but i now own a small pharmacy with detailed instructions for all the 'if this happens..' scenarios.
was booked in at 9.15 and as i had bloodtest tues the chemo was signed off hold so it would be all go go go.... actually it was all no no no. the herceptin had been held…
Theres one thing i hate - well theres quite a few things, but the number one thing is blood tests. Only my left hand side allowed for the blood letting and i have one vein thats ok (in my hand) and another that plays ball very occasionally.
BUT i am a grown-up and so off i go taking a book as the waiting time can be horrendous. 'shall i come in?' asks hubby who doesnt understand my hatred of phlebotomy! HA no…
Help please,
from what i've read and by my experience, food is a non event but i just wondered what everyone else finds tasty or at least bearable. my list is virtually empty and with the brain drain i cant think clearly.
i only have an appetite for one week in 3 so would like to enjoy a meal or two in that time - is this possible?
thanks
Karen
so today I have plans! yes I actually have plans....
since my last chemo i have been inactive, firstly through being so physically ill and then through being so down. but today I am going to a little cafe with my hubby and brother in law to have some breakfast (goodness knows what when everything tastes so strange) then i am going to visit with a couple of friends later, one of whom is housebound after breaking her hip…
So here I am, quite a way through my war with cancer, admitting that its not a breeze.
Everyone around me says how well I am doing, how amazing i am.... really? When i do or think anything related to 'my condition' i cry buckets!!! This upsets my hubby so I do it in private mostly.
when I shower I weep for my lost breast, when my arm aches I get angry that cancer stole my lymph nodes! and then last week, feeling…
