Any port in a storm...??? No ! We can use mine!!!!!

It has now been 9 days since treatment 2. This first week turned out to be similar to the first week after the first treatment – but a little less severe. This is probably because I was ready for the various symptoms / aches and pains etc and so took whatever preventative action that I could e.g. drinking more fluids and keeping on top of eating little and often seemed to help reduce the woozy light headed feeling and taking painkillers seemed to keep the headache and aches and pains in check. I haven’t managed to crack the sleeplessness and it doesn’t seem to matter what time I take the steroids / sickness tabs so I guess I’ll just have to put up with feeling wiped out now and then. Right now it feels like a very small price to pay. The ‘woohoo’ news is that I went along to let them have another go at using my (so far) inoperable port yesterday afternoon and it worked - FIRST TIME !!!!! Big love goes out to Nurse Karolina who hopefully will manage the access going forward. I was really dreading the prospect of another operation to fix / replace it so this is fantastic news for me!!! Because of the treatments and all that go with them, a holiday is pretty much out of the question for us this summer. The boys will both be attending their usual movie making workshop and there are a few organised events locally that look like there is plenty of fun to be had close to home. So far I have something planned for all but the last two weeks between now and when they return to school in the first week of September. With a little more luck this whole episode will pass them by without notice other than that I had a mad moment and decided to shave my hair!!!! How cool will that be!!! So... whilst I still have the odd down day, I’m feeling quite optimistic about things in general. What I need to do now is get my focus back onto my studies and start looking ahead to when I’ll be able to start applying for jobs again..... oh happy day!