Hi again,i know it is some time since i last wrote but have had problems with broadband connection which put me off trying to log on to the computer but as it is working just now hopefully it will stay connected, but if i stop in mid sentence then you will know i have been cut off .
I have had cycle 3 of my 6 cycles of chemo on Friday past 31st,nearly dident go ahead as my bloods were low and a repeat sample on fri morning showed they had come up but not enough so i was sent home to wait another week ,off i went to the supermarket and was at the checkout when my mobile rang and it was the hospital to say that the consultant had agreed to go ahead with chemo and could i come back, needless to say i was delighted,imadgine been delighted to be getting chemo! it dosent make sense really, but when you know you have to get it sometime you just want it over and done with and as this was my halfway mark i was delighted at reaching it.
Chemo 2 was not as bad as number 1 although i did have some sickness and reaction to one of the drugs so this time it is another lot of new anti-sickness tabs to take,by the time they get the correct balance right for me i will be finished the course.
Had a good day yesterday and managed to go out pheasant and deer spotting up the highlands and yes saw plenty of snow on the mountains,wasent up to any climbing but all that to look forward to next year,paying the price today as i am fit for nothing only lying and sitting,nausea worse than yesterday,"i wonder why" probably self inflicted with all that driving yesterday but it was such a glorious day coudent resist the offer from hubby who is a real highland /wildlife fan.
Remember the wig saga!! well i still think it is red/grey streaks but maby chemo makes you colour blind because everyone else tells me it is brown/blonde anyway i am getting used to it and wear it outside the house, it is great not to have to bother with drying/straightening ,one of the good points i suppose,
I had lots of visitors from ireland (my home land) over the past few weeks and when i went looking for shampoo for them realised i only had Mens stuff no conditioner ,so they had to make do with theese little sample bottles that you nick from hotel rooms ,i always seem to have a collection gathering dust in a basket ,they came in useful over the past few weeks,i even set them out like the hotels for the second lot of visitors which impressed them,they dident know that i took the use-by dates off !!
I am feeling remarkibly positive just now and think it is because i am at the halfway mark of chemo cycles so anyone reading this and just beginning set a goal to reach half way and then it will not seem so bad dont think about the other half until you have to.
Take care
Be positive
Shamrock
