Well I've been 'prepped' for my sirtex treatment on Wednesday. It was a hell of a lot more traumatic than I was expecting as no one had mentioned needing metal coils inserted into my arteries and veins until 5mins before the procedure, and trust me to be complicated and needs loads of the damn stuff, not at all fun. hopefully all worth it.
Got chemo to go for the next 2 days and then step one of radiation…
I'm due to start SIRT at the end of Feb. 3 weeks later than it should have been which means I'm without any chemo for longer than I needed to be which is a bit scary in itself. I've had over 6 months of chemo and as much as you wish you didn't have to keep taking the drugs it still scares the hell out of you when you don't have it.
I have the 'dummy run' to check the radiation will go in all the right…
had more bad news last week. The Liver surgeon thinks I am inoperable, leaving me with only one other potential option, if I am a viable candidate, which is SIRT. I have asked for a second opinion from Dr Rees in Basingstoke and have to have an MRI to see what he thinks. Seeing the oncology team at the Hammersmith who deal with SIRT on the 4th.
Haven't told mum yet. My cousins and some friends know. This is just getting…
Today was a good day. Work was funny and productive, one of my Uni friends might be coming over from Tokyo to work in London and I got a fab wig that looks awesomely natural. Today I'm a happy bunny.
Got my scan tomorrow, and a nice lunch courtesy of a business contact and seeing Breakfast At Tiffany's in the evening. All round busy but nice hopefully. Gonna be knackered by 10pm! And I have to fit some birthday drinks…
So having got my head round the fact that my hair is gradually thinning beyond recognition, I decided to pre-empt patchy head syndrome and start hunting out 'new hair' in the way of wigs.
Took a trip to Selfridges as they have a little concession there used by Hot Hair, first on my own, the next time with a friend. You'd think that they would train the staff to understand that it won't just be girls looking for…
