Friday 21st September

Friday 21^st September

It was another beautiful morning as I took Jessie around le Saie, I didn’t have to be in hospital before 10.30am so wanted to make the most of it.

I duly arrived in the Oncology unit, and was greeted by Nurse HD, who once again set me up with a cannula and took some bloods. (First attempt on left hand wasn’t successful, so went for right hand- definitely no looking whatsoever!) 

I didn’t feel brilliant, sort of resigned, and considering I had the blood transfusion 9 days ago I still felt lethargic. Anyhow I had the saline drip in readiness, and then my blood results came back…. I could tell by the tone of voice from Nurse FR that the news was not good.

 Norfolk meets Suffolk!!

My haemoglobin is only 9.0 and has been dropping all week, my white cells soared up to 7.8 and my neutrophil count also up to 6.5 (both due to the GCSF injections), but to the detriment of my clotting platelets which have dipped to 19.

We all knew immediately that any Chemo in the foreseeable future would not be on the agenda, and actually the priority (as was kindly and patiently explained to me) is one of keeping me well. 

Metaphorically speaking I am putting my life jacket on, battening down the hatches and riding out this storm! I DO NOT want to end up in hospital this weekend with any kind of bleeding, bruising or high temperature!!

I took special delivery of a meal fit for a king late this afternoon (well, 10 kings actually!) plus mashed potatoes and veg all ready to go- I just had to put it in the oven. HUGE thanks to AH from St John- enough for tomorrow night too!

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
-Benjamin Franklin