Sorry I haven't updated on here in a while. I have transposed this on to Blogger as I am finding this a little clunky to update quite a lot - sorry! But here is my Blogger blog http://mychemoblog.blogspot.com/ , but in summary...
My arm is still sore. I haven't heard anything from the oncologist about it, so I have just been carrying on as normal. Daily injections of heparin. Got blood tests done on Monday successfully…
Well, apart from the soreness in my arm, we have had a lovely few days. We went to the New Forest for a short break and I got to relax, go for walks and eat well! I was due to have a massage but the beautician said that with a blood clot it's not a good idea, and it's not always good if you are undergoing chemo as well. Something to do with it gets the blood circulation flowing, which isn't great. Oh well…
So I am on Heparin and I get to inject myself every day for the next however long. Days 8 and 9 I have really been recovering from hospital, haven't really been with it, but I don't think that's the chemo. I am also very annoyed that I have a blood clot added to my list of what's wrong with me. Grrrr. But days 8 and 9 have been fine, the girls have been at nursery and holiday club so I have really had…
The moral of my story is - if you have issues after chemo, phone the hospital where you get chemo straight away and if they want you to be seen, go to them rather than the local A&E. Soooo....
Day 4: I woke up pretty positive, the blotches on my arm had gone down and it seemed ok. No temperature or anything. But as the morning wore on, I felt pretty awful, tired and blergh. DH took the girls out to give me some time…
The main symptom has been tiredness really, I seem to be okay in the few days following the treatment but...
Yesterday (Day 3) I noticed that the soreness from the chemo on my arm was still there and that my arm was covered in pinky blotches, a bit like a rash. DH had noticed them an hour or so after the chemo on Day 1, but I hadn't really given it much thought thinking it would go away. But I thought 48h was enough…
