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thanks for the blog nutcracker, i will certainly be shaking the airwaves later on. I'm listening to 'Planet Rock' on Digital Radio at the moment. I'm hoping the postie will bring me some good news on monday regarding the result of my bloodtest. Darter.
Thanks for all your comments...really helpful!
This time I didn't have the cold cap and the treatment went straight into the central line(too many years of watching ER,I know it's actually called a Port a Cath?)so I actually felt much more in control! For once.Although now I' m shedding hair about like noone's business!I keep blaming the cat.The first night after FEC all shivery and shaky but now two days on just nausea just like in pregnancy! Isn't it bizarre how poison can basically imitate a...
Tonight I am baking a chocolate and chilli cake to take to work tomorrow. I made banana muffins the other night, Kelly our receptionist baked a Nutella cake and we all had that for brekky today. Mine will be lunch for tomorrow as I dont start til 1pm...the mixture had a bit of a kick so it should get everyone going for a busy afternoon ;-)).
I havent been feeling too great this week...very tired but I think I have been overdoing it with all these extra hours covering for people and rushing around...
Hi folks, a very big thanks to all who blogged back to me after my little outburst. I cetainly kept the volume up. my favourite AC/DC track is 'A Whole Lotta Rosie; and she really did get some airtime last night. Nothing in the post about the result of my blood test, and the weekend is here so another two days will have gone. Very frustrating. Ah well, i might give Page & Plant an outing tonight. Darter.
My heart hurt so much upon receiving this news. Being a carer for my Dad and also a translator for him made it hard. I tried so hard to hold back my tears whilst delivering the news this afternoon. I was ok until my Dad broke into tears, then that made me cry.
From when I was very young, I always thought that my Dad was indestructable and how wrong was I? These last 6 weeks he had lost 1and a half stone and his health condition had deteriorated so quickly.
I don't know how to take these next few...
Chemotherapy works by killing fast growing cells in the body (cancer cells are fast growing). Normal cells then grow back after chemo whereas cancer cells don't. White blood cells are fast growing and they don't live long in the body so during chemo treatment chemo kills off the white cells. Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) is a white cell booster reducing the time that the body is left with a low white cell count and so reducing the chances of acquiring an infection.
Neulasta is administered as a...
Hi all, kept my appointmentb at the clinic today to discuss chemo only to be told that the cancer has now spread to my left ribcage. this was like a kick in the teeth. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks i will be assesed and, fingers crossed, be starting some treatment. Its like taking one step forward and two back at the moment. Im going to cheer myself up by putting on some heavy rock & roll. Even though im a pensioner i like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Sabbath & Rainbow. I'll start with AC/DC...
Sal's chemo 2 went quite well today although the Hickman line played up a bit. It seems to work only when she is in a certain position. Coughing, moving arms, breathing heavily etc didn't really work but if she sat upright and wiggled her legs then it worked well! As has been suggested in some of the comments, the line did allow blood to be drawn today. It looks like we have to be thankful when it works and accepting of the situation when it doesn't.
Sal is feeling quite tired today...
Today marks the end of cycle 1 of Sal's chemotherapy. To say she had a bit of a rough ride is an understatement! I must say that it hasn't been easy for me either although clearly my experience cannot be compared in any way to hers. However, this blog is specifically from my perspective so it is worth mentioning. I have found that over the past 3 weeks I have become a kind of guardian of Sal's treatment. It is important to both of us that her treatment decisions are made by her but she has found...
I am now 38 years old now and it is 2 years since i had my operation so only another 3 years to go before I get what they call the all clear.
I have had a bad week last week when i found out my friend's cancer had come back and this scared me and shook my already low esteem and self confidence.
But on a good note managed to do my tandem parachute jump today a complete adrenalin rush and feel better for it and got the dvd and photos to prove it!! x
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