Wednesday 15th August
Firstly I must say a very BIG thank you to all the people
who have text/emailed me this morning and indeed throughout the day wishing me
well for today’s treatment. I’m sorry I haven’t replied individually, I have
struggled in dealing with the whole concept of the on-going chemo.
My day started off on a really bright note though, a tennis ‘four’
was booked at les Ormes at 9am (thanks AH)! We had a fantastic game that I thoroughly
enjoyed with lots of long rallies and a close score line!
Consequently I was relaxed and calmer going into hospital,
(not everybody’s cup of tea, but it works for me!) I had the routine blood
test, and then the usual cocktail of drugs, son D came in and kindly held my
hand whilst some of this was being administered( in my already highly
emotionally charged state that act of sympathy very nearly brought on the
tears!)
I had two surprise visitors- SleC from the west, and SS from
the east, nice to see them both, (thanks to Big Duff who dropped by that I didn’t
see, as I was sleeping- that was the piriton!!)
One of my nurses the lovely HD!!
I always seem to come back home ‘out of sorts’, feeling very
tired and ‘low’, I slept for couple of hours, before hubby and I had supper and
a relatively quiet evening.
Nobody knows exactly the severity of the side effects
although obviously as treatment goes on it will become accumulative; we assume
they will be similar to what I have already experienced- happy days!!
Monday I queue up for a blood test, they need to check the
liver function, followed up by more chemo next Wednesday, however as we know I
am a very SPECIAL case, and although my clotting platelets are 165, my white
cell count is 2.1 which is borderline- so injections for two days. My red blood count registers 10.4, the same
since transfusion, so all of the above will only go ahead if my body behaves
correctly. There is talk of a platelet transfusion, should it drop down again,
but this time they will carry on giving chemo, as the Marsden have instructed
that in my particular case it is worth ‘pushing on to finish the cycles’.
A real issue could occur if my white cells drop dangerously
low, and the risk of infection is high, so I cannot really plan too far ahead,
as things could change on a daily basis. Apologies in advance if I let
people/friends down at the last minute depending on how things are progressing,
and/or how I’m feeling.
So….. I’ll leave you with Eric Idle….and
”Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.”- Buddha
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