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Well, Hickman line safely installed. Not quite the walk in the park I was promised...however! as I have previously posted, I was very apprehensive prior to it. I really don't like being messed with in this way. The girls on the interventional radiography unit were so kind and reassuring, I can't thank them enough for their sensitivity.
God is so good, and answers prayer, I never know why I should doubt! I was so peaceful and calm it was amazing. My heart rate, breathing and blood pressure...
After feeling relatively at peace with my husband's cancer-ness, we arrive home after work yesterday to an envelope on our door mat. Now after all these years of cancer in our lives I can tell a scan letter a mile off...it's a talent, I'm sure!!!
Husband opens the letter and shock horror, it is a scan! Straight away I am thinking at million mph in my head, thinking of the date of the scan, then thinking of the date of the MDT and how that works with our work/life diary...already thinking...
The steroids have definitely helped with my appetite, and the more I've been trying to eat the better the swallow reflex has become.
My preferred meal at the moment is pasta soup and bread (all in the same bowl) with cheese on the top. I think I do need to try and include a few more vegetables, but I am definitely eating a lot more.
The side that received the main RT still has a bit of soreness, and a few new ulcers keep appears, then fading.There is still a sore spot in my throat too.
I just...
I had a busy and emotional couple of days this week. I find it very therapeutic to be able to record in this blog what has happened and my reactions to it. I really don't mind if very few people read it, but if they do, and respond with comments, so much the better. I did post a shorter version of this entry over in the incurables group, but I need to stretch my wings a bit more here!
I had an appointment in the radiotherapy department at the Christie on Wednesday. I should have taken hubby...
Many people love to plan ahead and make those three, five, ten year plans, they know where they want to be and by when but cancer can put a HUGE stop to that.
I count myself lucky, when my now husband was first diagnosed I was 20 years old, I'd only just really discovered how to work my washing machine and was enjoying the first bit of freedom from the family home so I hadn't got round to making huge future plans that I suddenly had to rethink.
Of course we had dreams and hopes but we never...
