Hi Everyone,
I hate coming on here and moaning but the last few weeks have been a bit rubbish. A couple of weeks ago I ended up with loads of fluid gathering in the space around my gut. I ended up looking about 7 or 8 months pregnant I was so inflated with the stuff and there was no shifting it. It was so uncomfortable, even finding a comfy sitting position was difficult.
Anyway they finally 'drained' me last wednesday and got 4.5 litres of fluid out of me! and that wasn't even all of it! Because I am on Avastin my Oncologist was reluctant for me to have a tube poking out of me for too long because I could have trouble healing, so there was some left in there. It's still noticeable but will hopefully now disperse naturally. then having dealt with that, just 2 days later I ended up with severe hiccups. After 2 days of constant hiccups I just couldn't take anymore. My stomach muscles were killing me from the fluid and now the hiccups. Thankfully the meds they gave me worked pretty much straight away. My muscles still ache and I still can't seem to walk in an upright position but I'm getting there.
Anyone had any of this? and once you've had it once did you find it happened repeatedly? just want to know what to expect. Am getting so fed up of the tiredness coming from one thing or another. Would be so nice to have a couple of weeks (or longer!) of normality when I could go out with friends and do fun stuff.
Mich x
