I had a busy and emotional couple of days this week. I find it very therapeutic to be able to record in this blog what has happened and my reactions to it. I really don't mind if very few people read it, but if they do, and respond with comments, so much the better. I did post a shorter version of this entry over in the incurables group, but I need to stretch my wings a bit more here!
I had an appointment in the…
I haven't updated my blog in a while. I've been away for a couple of short trips - one with hubby and one with a group of friends - but it was hard for me to enjoy myself as I've been feeling increasingly unwell.
Yesterday we went to Christies. I won't bore you about the 1.5hr wait for a pointless blood test, or the 2hr wait to see the consultant, or the 1hr wait at the pharmacy, or the fact that we…
It's been a while since I wrote one of my reflective blog entries, and I think that's because I haven't been going for the sort of walks that I used to do. This was partly due to the abdominal pain that any walking seemed to cause, and partly because Susie the dog is getting so ancient now that she's happy with a walk down the lane and back again these days. So my old haunts have been off-limits recently. But that changed…
I finished the radiotherapy on my back by Friday, and came home on Saturday. The r/t doesn't seem to have affected me, really. I felt sick on the first day, and fatigued of course, but otherwise it went off without a hitch. I expected the promised side-effects to kick in from the weekend onwards, but so far nothing at all, not even sore skin. Maybe this is because I religiously slather on the radiance gel, which is…
This is my third round of radiotherapy, having had several weeks' worth on my pelvis in the past and a week on my neck last autumn. I was a bit surprised when my oncologist said he wanted to blast my abdomen again. I thought you couldn't have radiotherapy more than once on the same area. So before my first session I did raise this query with the radiographer. She assured me that the doctor knew what he was doing…
