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Hi... sorry been a while since i have posted an update and some new photos but here are 2 from today.
Leg and foot near the wound very sore and numb but keeping leg elevated as much as i can.
Dressing wound myself other than days when i am at the hospital. Still a lot of sluff left and thats something i am not going to be picking off myself.
Anyway here are the pics...
Peter
BEFORE CLEANING
AFTER CLEANING
….with sleeping bag and camping stove! Well that’s what was intended for yesterday and that’s what I was going to write about but it didn’t quite go as planned, no surprises there then! It wasn’t really a camping trip or anything half as exciting or even exotic, it was a day trip to the hospital. A weird day thanks to the bank holiday messing up the usual schedule. A normal week would see me either rushing to Gloucester on a Monday morning (about an hours drive...
mum had her op now and had complete lung removed, she was in hospital for 2 weeks and is now home. I am looking after her, but what about help i hear other people talking about, that i can't seem to qualify for. To be honest i am exhausted and don't know how long i can carry on, i am disabled myself, and it's hard going. Took mum for blood tests this morning and the poor soul has been in bed all day exhausted., why have i not been offered any help, or am i just feeling sorry for myse...
Sal has a bit of bad news first thing... her Hickman line cannot be fitted until Friday. However, the doc said that providing Sal's potassium levels were OK she could go home and return on Friday as an outpatient. YIPPEE!
Sal had blood taken this morning again Aaaarrrgh! Not again! She was dreading it. However, the doctor that came to take her blood had a cunning plan. She rubbed an anaesthetic cream on her arm and went away for an hour. When she returned she got the blood without any discomfort...
my hubby just had me in stiches, he said bloody chemo and radiotherapy have robbed him of his sense of smell and sense of taste, but it ant having my bloody sense of humor!!!! sorry just thought id share this, he has a wicked possitive attitude.
love and hugs
sandra....xxx
I went for my CT scan this morning which was fine and I managed to drink the gastro in half an hour as no one was looking...that stuff is awful!! My dad came and sat with me as he is still in and we had a nice chat about how hes feeling and it seemed to help him. After the scan we went for a coffee as I was gasping due to the fact I couldnt eat or drink anything before the scan and I am a total coffee addict!! I also had a cheese scone with butter which was yummy. I had a missed call on my mobile...
I'm going into hospital tomorrow, to receive my first casium implant radiotherapy. I'm getting anxious about what it's going to be like. I've been talked through it by the Nurse, but still keep thinking. Can I lie still for that long 17 hours? Will it be sore? How sore? What side effects will I have? These are questions I know nobody has the answer to, and I need to calm myself down and take it all as it comes. Easier said than done though!
Just a thought i was having that i thought i'd pop on here....
People are continuly suprising me with just how nice they can be.
When i found out dad had cancer and that he was given 5-10 years I felt (and still feel) so useless. I was thinking there must be something i can do, so as the only way my dad is going to get better is if they find a better treatement for Bone Metatslis (sorry spelling is bad, i know) so my thoughts were i have to try and raise some money. The more money Cancer...
