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although i only started to put a few blogs in recently, i thought i would let you all know i really appreciated you support and help
I didnt get my mum to hospital to have her blood transfusion, after talking to her dr i decided with my brother we wanted her to go to hospice. I did arrange this at 12 lunch time, however i bathed my mum, assisted her to front room, and she died within 10 mins (12.50) 34 days after my dad died. After 56 years together they were only apart 34 day some comfort in that...
Sal is in hospital all day today receiving 2 units of blood. She has been breathless almost all the time since starting chemo and her Hb count was down to 9 at her last chemo bloods (normal is 12-16!). It is not that unusual for someone on chemo to need red cells, full blood or platelets so it isn't anything to be concerned about... it is just another full day at the hospital for Sal unfortunately.
Each unit takes about 3 hours so I expect her to be finished about 6pm. So far, her Hickman line...
Well, almost there yay!!!!!!!!!!, 2nd TAX this friday but 5th chemo one more to go after this so am well chuffed almost through the gruelling part of my treatment. TAX has been a b..ch! (FEC was much kinder), painful bones, tingling and sore finger tips, and feeling knackered, but hey ho if it gets me where I need to be then whatever ha ha ha! Not sure what happens after chemo and before radio starts, guess I'll have a scan to see how much radio I need?? Anyone know if thats the case.
Well...
Spent a kinda relaxed weekend with mum, having had an horrendous week where she was bitter and angry and wouldnt talk, yesterday i sat next to her, put my arms around her, told her how much she means to us all, told her i cant imagine what she is thinking, but talked about her having the blood transfusion, promised her we wont make her stay any longer than needed, but also stressed she is very weak and the hospital may decide on a drip for her being dehydrated(sorry cant think what its called).
...I have just spent the day with my children and my parents and my brother and sister ......we had lunch in the garden in the sunshine, played some games with the kids, had a laugh basically.
Then i have just got home, put a dvd on for my babies and gonne and sat in the garden and cried....for what reason i have no idea.
I feel really really sad and i don't understand it, Dad has just had a really good day and we have made more lovely memories for my children....why can't i just enjoy the moment...
Hi all,
Had my last epirubicin the other day, feels good! Going in much easier through the line. Am getting used to my new little friend in my chest, it doesn't feel too uncomfortable, just being careful about knocking it. The dressings have been changed and it's been flushed, easy peasy. Well I'll have it for a year or more so will have plenty of time to get used to it.
Flushing the line is easy - takes a minute or so. What takes longer is the waiting around - when I went in the other...
…..steel toecaps required! AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH. Hmm, that feels a bit better. Someone has upended the special storage boxes in my head. The ones that I file things away in until I’m ready to deal with them. I’ve gone back over the past few weeks and can’t recall doing any spectacular gymnastics or other twizzly stuff that might have inadvertently scattered their contents everywhere, so why have they all got muddled up? It’s very frustrating. The...
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My dad has now decided that he is not going to have anymore treatment at all including blood, the doctor has told us that within a week to ten days he will propably be sleeping all of the time and then it will just be a matter of days - all I wanted was for him to see the World Cup - it is so unfair.
The next few weeks are going to be the toughest I know and Ihate getting upset in front of him because that makes him more stressed, he keeps telling me to live my life as normal but I am scaed...
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this is what the nurse had to say... well it was the macmillan nurse who is great at dressings... but she was able to give me a 7am appointment so i could go to work afterwards as she knows im getting grief at work
she said that the swab taken at the walk in centre last weekend showed growth of staphylococcus aureus, streptococci and anaerobes and therefore i have been given a course of augmentin, a broader spectrum antibiotic as the walk in centre put me on flucloxocillin last week.
she said...
