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Well I now have the date for my 1st lot of ABVD so things are more settled in my head.
Its 3 weeks off but I can now try and work out my shifts around the regime as long as people at work dont mind swapping shifts.
Well is it just our clinic/centre or all of them.... We get there early as you’re asked to do only to find they are running 1hr and 10mins late.
This is only the 2nd time we have been there and its the 2nd time we have found it running late I’m wondering now if this is the norm. In the end we were seen 1hr and 45mins after the time of our appointment.
Once inside it all seemed really rushed although we were given the information we needed it felt like we had to rush things too....
Its been a fair while since i wrote one of these, so figured i should probably update you all on the antics at this end. Im not on here as much just now with tempramental laptop charger and useless phone so thought id take this chance to update anyone whos missed random status updates while things are *touch wood* working!! lol
Hmm...so where to begin, lets cover the pause first.
Well after neuropathy and my first cold in 6 months (that alone is an achievement for me!!!) and trailing EVERY WEEK to...
Avoidence
This is an amazing word which suits me down to the ground.
I spend so long looking after everyone, I am too tired to think of me. Don't get me wrong, I shower each day, wash, blowdry and straighten my hair every second day, make sure my children are clean pressed and smiling for the day ahead...but all the time I spend doing that I am avoiding the grief.
This morning a teacher at my daughters school, who has said three words to me this term, told me that I was such and inspiration...
Surgical Spirit - for cleaning around injured area and removing plaster adhesives
Hydrogen Peroxide - for discharging infections - to draw out the Pus
Micropore Tape (Anti-Allergenic) Surgical Tape - for dressing the wound
Cotton Wool Buds - or other absorbent means of cleaning and applying the Hydrogen Peroxide
- - - But since...
As further tests revealed the prognosis to be more serious, I revised my original plan not to tell my parents about my illness for now, and Irene and I went for a flying visit to see them.
As they live on a European island, it was a pretty lengthy trip by train, bus, two ferries, bus, walk - a day to get there, a day there, a day back - but I can’t imagine why I thought it was anything but the right thing to do. Quite apart from the effort of travel, it was far better that they see me while I’m...
P.1 DAN'S 2 X "BIG C" DIARY ( Cancer & Chemo FYI ) I HAVE A STRANGE WAY OF WRITING, WHICH SOME PEOPLE CAN'T IDENTIFY WITH. SORRY ABOUT THAT - - I SUPPOSE I'M A BIT LIKE MARMITE This is a sort of "Diary" of events during my time with Prostate Cancer. I got the "brilliant" idea of putting it down in writing, and sending to all and sundry, and anybody who might be interested. My reasoning is that Cancer hasn't been brought out in the open...
