sammieo's blog

yipee i got there , i had my last chemo today, well just about. as i never do things by halves , my white blood cells were lower than they normally allow for chemo but they allowed it anyway i think they just wanted to see the back of me lol! and my red blood cells have also dropped so i have to go back on saturday for a blood transfusion and injections for my white cells. it never rains but it pours ! never mind i'm…

hi guys an update on ten days ago, i think in my last blog i was having a raging temp and shivers , after speaking to a totally useless out of hours doc,i was rushed in to hospital ( flashing lights and all )in the early hours of the 23rd. turns out my white cells were -5 and i had caugt myself c-dif and septicemia.i was on a drip for a good 5 days had a blood transfusion and fluid taken from my spine because they also…

update , i got my partner to ring out of hours and they were totally usless leaving me really confused, told them about the symptoms and they said it was fine because 101.5 now 101.8 is on the low side of high ,thats ok then.totally contradicting the info i've been given by cancerbackup and the hospital chemo sheet i quote' phone immediatly if your temp reaches over 100'' phone immediatly if you can't stop shivering…

hi i was hoping might be able to help or have some previous experience of this . i was feeling quite poorly late last night shivery and and a temp of 100f/38c i left it because i was going for a check at the hospital today. as luck would have it i told the about the temp and stuff and they took my temp it was a very cool 37 . as soon as i got home started feeling crappy and put myself to bed . now i'm lying in bed with…

into my 6 week of chemo and should be having my 3rd dose next week . i suffer from bouts of depression anyway . but i don't think what i'm feeling is , i think its self pity! which i think is worse. the second dose has been rough today at the last count i had 9 mouth ulcers ,which are horrific just started getting my appetite back and i can'teat, i;ve also had a temperature of 100 today which i don't think is good . i…