Thursday 27th September

Thursday 27^th September

What with all the palaver of the alarm clocks yesterday you would have thought we had it sussed, but no, hubby’s alarm went off at midnight, and mine at 6am!! 

Midway through the morning I realised with horror that the windfall apples I had so l  painstakingly peeled, cored and sliced and put in the oven last night WERE STILL THERE!!!! (Doubly annoying, brown mush apples AND burnt pan!)

 

 

Not me, but how I felt!!!

There is scientific evidence that states there is such a condition as ‘Chemo Brain’, I, of course have got it badly. The coffee morning at Macmillan today was based on psychological aspects of people living with Cancer; I think I would make a very good case study! 

Arrived at hospital and predicted my own blood tests- (and got it wrong!). Nurse RF was as lovely as always and saw through my thinly veiled ‘jokes’, he duly took my bloods and sent for DR H to give me an update on my POA (plan of attack, for those uninitiated among us!)

 Dr H said he had booked my CT scan for two weeks’ time, and he had sent an email to the Marsden explaining my present state (physically, not mentally!). 

Consequently it seemed to me that after the CT scan that then has to be sent to London and examined- (this could take anything from 10 days to two weeks) before I get the results. I was finishing the chemo and really waiting for most of October before I had any more news.

 As I was absorbing this information I thought –right OK, let’s forget about hospitals and blood tests (or bloodshed as my friend put in her text to me this morning!)And get on with life!

This feeling lasted oh, all of five minutes before RF came back with ‘a face on’, and yes, my blood test results! 

Haemoglobin 7.9 (lowest it’s ever been- don’t know why it’s dropping)

White cells 2.8 (acceptable)

Neutrophils (white ‘fighting infection cells’) 1.4 (still low but I’m not Neutropenic- whoop)

Clotting platelets 54 (rising)

Straight away there was talk of a blood transfusion, and a phone call to the relevant wards to find a bed for tomorrow. So, I waited and in due course a bed was found (they really didn’t want to wait until Monday). Then, guess what- another blood test to cross match my blood!!

I was pleased to spend some time with ‘old’ (well some of them are- me included!) work colleagues for cup of tea this afternoon- after what was –dog walks included, another busy day!

I am still writing a weekly hospital blog for Friends of Jersey Oncology or www.FOJO , it’s really just a continuing progress report on my chemo trials and tribulations, as the website is still in its embryonic stages. 

Whilst we are on the subject of blogs, I plan next week to cut down my daily ramblings to maybe once or twice a week, as I feel it could turn from Jill’s blog to ‘Jessie the Dog Blog’- hey that’s not a bad idea!! LOL  (that’s actually ‘laugh out loud, not lots of love!!)

She is not allowed on the sofa, so the boys sit on the floor and she sits on them!!!

“Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.”

 
Jim Rohnhttp