After my initial infusion on Friday the temptation was to report straight away that everything had gone marvellously well and it was only a matter of time before I felt I could conquer Everest.
So I thought I'd give it a few days..........
The Oxaliplatin infusion went very well. I had some slight nausea but the tablets I was given beforehand kicked in and it was fine. I have been experiencing some peripheral neuropathy (pins and needles) in my fingers and still have a strange sensation where they put the cannula but these are lessening by the day.
The regime of Capecitabine tables takes a bit of getting used to. Due to my dosage I have to ensure that I have the correct number of 500mg and 150 mg tablets per dose. It does seem rather a lot but....
As the title says so far, so good.
I have had slight nausea but nothing to complain about and I have been given tablets to counteract that. And I feel a little tireder than normal but it does mean I'm getting a bit more sleep (even though I'm writing this at 2 in the morning!).
It's at moments like these that I start to think about what these powerful drugs are doing to my cancer. I'm now fighting back! I've tried giving my tumours names (Is that normal?) just so I can focus on 'kicking x's arse' but every time I think of a name I remember that I know someone called x and they're really quite nice.
So if anyone can come up with names for the tumours in my rectum, colon and liver please feel free to suggest.
One of the most powerful things I realised on Friday when I was sitting in the chemo suite is that I am not alone. There were 4 bays each with 4 patients. Some old , some my age (I don't think 57 is old) and unfortunately many much younger than me. None of us wanted to be there but we were and we're all fighting back.
Time to get back to sleep.
Thanks for listening
