hi folks,
yes i'm still here, but been under the weather for the last 11 days.
had my 3rd chemo cycle on the 13th, ( never thought of that date till now) and rapidly went down hill that fast could have set the world record. don't know wot went on but felt very anxious at the start of the injections, and after fell asleep in the cafe waiting for my lift to come. Got home and went to sleep straight away. Friday n sat started to lose my appertite and very listless, had this before so not to worried, sun woke up and wasn't able to stand on my feet (like broken glass) this wasn't good as i was constantly going to the toilet with stomach cramps, and my hands were red and cracked.
So rushed back to hospital, sat for 4 hrs just to be told " these are common side effects mr.h, don't be concerned. keep taking the tablets drink plenty of fluids and take 2 immodium when req but no more than 8 aday". so off i toddled buttocks clenched.
I was at the toilet 22 times on sun night, rang the specialist nurse mon, told to stop the chemo and immodium let my body heal up abit. mmmmm thing its gonna need more than that but hey ho. never slept for more than 1-2 hrs before been called by gods megaphone, so back into hos to see the consultant.
explained that in that week i hadn't been out of bed except to the toilet, not eating more than a bowl of cereal twice a day(thank god for rice crispies) and strained that much that i was passing blood. to which i was told " chemo can give you diarreaha, we need a sample" good luck mate aint passed one for 8 days just yucky water, " ok just try joe, this should settle down in the next week" that was on thurs, now mon feel better in my self but still got the stomach probs.
in effect i've never seen the tv, computer or life in general for well over a week, lost over a stone in weight and still not eating but these things are sent to try us. waiting for the hosp to decide when to restart the chemo. hopefully they will wait till this has passed completely.
as always, stay happy positive and love those around you. big hugs joe
