Monday, 10 September 2012

Monday 10th September



Monday 10th September
Set off on my morning dog walk in the rain, and finished in hot sun! Just had time for a quick cuppa before the hospital visit, and today I saw Dr AJ, the first thing she told me was that I was anaemic!!

Red blood count dropped to 8.8- so not brilliant, white cells are holding their own but clotting platelets down to 73. I did mention that I had a rash on my legs but I thought it was from the grasses in the field from dog walking- to which she gave me a ‘are you stupid’ look, and promptly said a very long sounding named condition which is related to the Chemo. This coupled with my mouth ulcers mean once again my body is struggling to deal with the Chemo. I have been prescribed folic acid, and she consulted Dr CM to see if he thought there was anything underlying that might have been missed. They took more bloods, some to cross match ready for another transfusion, and others to look at the possibility that I may have antibodies against clotting platelets. (Or something random like that!!)

The outcome of all this is my Chemo will still go ahead at the new time of 9am on Wednesday- followed by a blood transfusion…. I can hardly wait…. Whooo ! ( that was me being sarcastic!!)

After the hospital ordeal it was lovely to go for lunch out west with the little people and spend a pleasant few hours. I did need to come home for a ‘rest’ and take Jessie for a walk round the block.

It was the Opening night of the new netball season and I was asked to sub for the E team (Div 3).So I was very excited to dig out my kit and go off to les Ormes. Sadly for them they only had 6 players so I went straight on as Goal Shooter-absolutely loved it!!!! I played three quarters of the match and although we lost by 5 goals I was very happy to play at a sport I love and had missed so much.(and yes I did score a few goals!)

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
William W. Purkey

2 comments:

  1. Ah, so brill you played your beloved netball again, really pleased for you. Hope your bloods get sorted and the Tigger juice helps.xxxx

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  2. How frustrating for you re the blood count! Great you could play netball. Hope all goes well tomorrow. Pop in & see us in N-we'd love to see you xx

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