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Sunday 13th December
Every day is getting better now
They have taken out my cannula and epidural so I am freerer now and the feeling has come back in my legs and I can walk around. The catheter will be removed in the morning
They say I am doing really well
I have 5 scars from the surgery, different sizes, the largest one is about 3 inches long and hurts when I move or caught but the others are fine.
Not getting any sleep at all, it is so noisy at night.
The nights are long but the days pass quite...
Saturday 12th December
I am back on normal food again, cornflakes and orange juice & tea for breakfast.
Drinking lots of water
Chicken casserole for lunch followed by pudding and custard
I am shocked that I am eating so well and not in too much pain
Friday 11th December
Kay and I got to the Lister for 6.50 but had to wait around until 12.00 before anything happened. I was last on Mr Thompson's list.
I got taken down to for my epidural and anesthetic and the last thing I remembered was it it was exactly 12.50
The next thing I remembered was waking up in the recovery ward at 5.10 and it was all over. They had done the operation with keyhole surgery I was happy that they did not have to revert to full open surgery. The operation had lasted...
The sun has got its hat on
hip hip hip hooray....
so we decided to enjoy
every minute of this day!
We set off wrapping presents
in ribbons and Christmas tape
but a glass or three of sherry
left them wrinkled with a gape!
Next to deck our hall with holly
some ivy and mistletoe
but while tottering on the ladder
hubby's colostomy let one go!
The fire alarm above his head
set off in shrieking mode
which had the neighbours running
up and down the road!
Next to fill the kettle
to make a cup of...
Went to see the oncologist on Wed and he admitted clive for iv fluids. He had got quite dehydrated and also had a ct scan done . They decided he needed a stent putting in straight away, as he hadn't kept much down since Sunday. They needed to check the tumour wouldn't push on his airway if he had a stent in. They didn't mention anything else they found on the scan, but it showed it was ok to go ahead. Thurs morning they put the stent in and it all went fine. The inside of his food pipe was a bit...
Well haven't looked at the site much this week, have been "proper poorly", terrible cough, sound like I smoke 40 a day and very short of breath. Saw GP this morning and have chest infection, that's a first so on antibiotics, hopefully they will kick in soon. I was supposed to go out for the day yesterday with my friend, but not well enough, just going up the stairs is leaving me breathless, another friend rang and said I sounded like a 90 year old, well feeling like that at the moment...
A week has passed since we got our news that Bert was not to have his Transplant and there was nothing further in the way of curative treatment to be had.
It feels like a month so much has happened. He has spoken to the Mac Nurse at the hospital who in turn referred him to the Hospice Team and they have been out and visited arranged for all sorts of aids to help us in the house, a commode (for later when we might need it) urine bottles in case he can't get to the toilet, a wheelchair so we...
well its thursday evening eight days before christmas hits us with a bang! Well on monday I had my second cycle of chemo and was equally as nervous if not more so than the first cycle , myself and my son took enough food to feed three wards and enough to keep us occupied for two weeks in spain ( oh for the day i can get on a plane ) well good news began after our breif chat with some of the other folk in the waiting room ( especially two women whom we met on the first time ).We were called forward...
