I've now had a week of convalescence after my radio and chemo finished.
This is the first period of time longer than 2 weeks I've had off work since I left Uni 23 years ago and it feels really weird.
[I know what I'm going through now isn't really a "holiday", but that's the closest thing I can think of to compare it to].
Part of me thinks I should be Doing Things With My Time - after all…
I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
Well, I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You can stand me up at the Gates of Hell
But I won't back down
No, I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from dragging me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down
Hey, baby
There ain't no easy way out
Hey, I
Will stand my ground
And I won't back down
Well I know what's ri…
I'm Ready - by Chris Rea
I got my red shoes on
Got my red gloves too
Made my decision
Gonna see this one through
Too late, I can't stop now
Open the door, I'll get through somehow
Deep in my darkest night
I always had a star that shone so bright
Star of hope, shine on me
I can take what comes my way
Whatever goes down, whatever they say
Star of hope shine on me
'Cos I'm ready
Oh I'm ready
Deep in my darkest …
My treatment is now finished!* I've had 5 cycles of chemo, 30 zaps of radiotherapy and 10 units of blood transfused into me in the last 6 weeks (!) and today begin a period of convalescence for at least 5 weeks.
This is to allow my body time to recover from the above - the consultant said various bits of me will be inflamed as a result of the radio and my immune system will have been knocked for six due to the chemo…
Had an interesting experience at the weekend and learned an important lesson. I've blogged a bit about how I don't feel toooo bad, tolerable side effects etc. Maybe that lulled me into a false sense of security......
Last Saturday morning I had visitors - two work colleagues came to see me [in a social capacity, work wasn't mentioned once!] The visit was prearranged and they stayed about an hour and a half.
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